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Item:153738812869300BCE-200 CE Nayarit Pre-Columbian figure terracotta Mexico . Beautiful pre-Columbian Nayarit figurine. Measures 7.25" H, 3.75 inches W, 2 inches D. Repaired break at waist. From the estate collection of Gill Hanson, 1321 Spruce St. Philadelphia PA. Collected in the 1970s in Western Mexico. Nayarit, located on Mexico's western coast, was during this time part of the shaft tomb culture, along with neighbors in Colima and Jalisco. In this culture, the dead were buried down shafts - 3 to 20 meters deep - that were dug vertically or near vertically through the volcanic tuff that makes up the geology of the region. The base of the shaft would open into one or more horizontal chambers with a low ceiling. These shafts were almost always dug beneath a dwelling, probably a family home, and scholars believe they were used as family mausoleums, housing the remains of many related individuals. This is a figure made to be placed inside those mausoleums, perhaps to mediate between the worlds of the living and the dead.