April 1, 2024
PRE COLUMBIAN NAYARIT POLYCHROMED BOWL PR0VENANCED 100%
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Pre-Columbian Shaft Tomb Culture Nayarit Bowl Western Mexico The Western Mexico Shaft Tomb complex, or culture, refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexico states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima, roughly dating to a period between 100BC - 250AD. Until recently, the locally-found artifacts were all that was known of the people and culture that created the shaft tombs. So little was known, in fact, that a major 1998 exhibition featuring these artifacts was titled "Art and Archeology of the Unknown Past". The Shaft Tomb Culture clay and ceramic figures, objects, and other items were made specifically to be placed in the tombs and buried with the dead as funeral pieces. This Shaft Tomb bowl is from Southern Nayarit in western Mexico. It is from a heavily provenanced collection that was originally purchased from Mrs. Cary L. Rutherford of Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 18, 1979 by Dorothy Denham of Tempe, Arizona. The bill of sale for this purchase was notarized Oct. 30, 1983. The entire collection was catalogued and authenticated by Hasso von Winning in May of 1977. Hasso von Winning has incredible credentials (see last picture), is known as the foremost authority on the Shaft Tomb Cultures, and has authored several publications, including numerous articles in scientific and archeology journals. This bowl is in-situ
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