Ceremonial Village Scene with a Flying Figure, 100 – 250, Ceramic with pigment, 29 × 18 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.), In the volador (pole flying) ceremony, acrobats mimic a bird’s descent from the heavens to the earth. In this sculpture, a man wearing a feathered headdress is tied to the top of a pole, which towers above the roofs of surrounding houses. He flaps his arms and legs as if to fly, and he is fastened to a rope that wraps its way down the pole. In a moment, he will spiral down to earth. , Made in Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlán del Río Style, Protoclassic Period

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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