Colima Pottery Olla dish and Huazai Lou in Nansheng

and Huazai Lou in Nansheng

Such ornaments became incorporated into local dress and personal adornment

Accession Number: 1997

An enchanting and highly stylized grey ware fragment depicting the upper body of a mythical animal

and even a monkey skull

Colima Pottery Olla dish and Huazai Lou in NanshengPre Columbian Era, Colima Culture, c. 200 300 AD, Western Mexico A remarkable and finely crafted pottery olla from the ancient Colima culture, featuring a short neck, wide mouth, and exceptionally thin wallshallmarks of the regions sophisticated ceramic traditions. The bulbous body is expertly hand modeled, demonstrating the Colima artisans mastery of clay work without the use of a potters wheel. Adding to its rare charm, two small hand built