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Nayarit styled seated male figure with negative painted design, possibly depicting skin pathology on body decoration
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Comala hunchback male dwarf figure / Mesoamerican; West Mexican

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Funerary sculpture. Comala style. Hunchback dwarf. Perforated ear lobes. Large flange on top of head.

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Title(s): 
Comala hunchback male dwarf figure
Culture: 
Mesoamerican; West Mexican
Date: 
300 BCE - 300 CE
Period: 
Preclassic
Place: 
Colima, México
Materials/Techniques: 
clay, burnished red slip
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Figure
Accession No: 
54.3487
Department: 
Anthropology
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