This sculpture is a sizable seated ancestral Mixtec figure. The sandstone is grey-pink. He is in a squatting position with his hands propped to his knees. Facial features are aggressively robust. Wide eyes with teeth bared as if he were in a hallucinated state. He sports a short bob hairstyle and a squarish adornment. Also, he wears a loincloth and straight ears-flares. Measures 8.5"/21.59 cm; 10.5"/26.67 cm on included armless type wood base. Some repair to hands and feet. Earthen deposits throughout. Oaxaca region, Mexico. Ca. 700 - 1500 A.D.

Provenance: P. Goodman collection, Houston, Tx., acquired in the 1970s