Wonderful Pre-Columbian Nayarit Chinesco "Type C" Female Figure, 200 B.C-300 A.D barnacles so while akin to Staffordshire

so while akin to Staffordshire child's mugs of the early 19th c

It is a bit ironic that someone more recently decided a couple of pieces of clear tape on the flowers side was an appropriate way to add reinforcement after looking at that stitching

with one nick to the surface of the face on one one side a few spatterings of white paint

Based on one similar that I have found

with quite an amazing patina in every regard

Wonderful Pre-Columbian Nayarit Chinesco "Type C" Female Figure, 200 B.C-300 A.D barnacles so while akin to StaffordshireOn a week filled with a lot of wonderful, very singular faces and postures, this may be my favorite of all traveling across centuries to stare right into my soul! This clay figure is pre Columbian, I am quite sure from the Nayarit culture that developed in Western Mexico during the "proto classic" period, and which I am also quite sure is of the type described commonly as "Chinesco" (the term was inspired by the unintended similarity of the faces on