A Colima Seated Shaman Figure, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ceramics a common African variety whose

a common African variety whose name means "pointed nose

marble statues of children emerged as a popular genre

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Many such figures were placed in tombs as guardians and those with aggressive postures were protectors against unwanted visitors

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A Colima Seated Shaman Figure, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ceramics a common African variety whoseCovered in a two toned red brown slip, a seated male shaman figure resting both hands on his splayed legs, his head facing forward with incised almond shaped eyes, a long nose, slashed mouth, and incised ear holes, wearing an incised headband with chin strap, wrapped around a central shamans horn, and incised loincloth. The horn suggests figures such as these may be shaman figures communicating between the living and the dead, although they may also