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The West Mexican tradition from Nayarit is especially important for its miniature renderings of complex, collective scenes, from meetings in a square to ballgames in progress to little-understood rituals. The scene depicted here has been interpreted as a family scene, but given the fact that the attendants are all males, it is more likely that it depicts a formal meeting or some sort of ritual communion.
Representation of a house and its people Nayarit cultures Early to Middle Classic (200-600 A.D.) State of Nayarit Clay with red, black and white pigments 30.2 x 19.2 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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