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Dancer figure with Crocodile Mask
clay with pigments
Colima culture
circa 300 BCE to 300 CE
Mexico

#colima #tomb #shaftburial #funeral #handmade #pottery #clay #handmade #ancientart #art #sculpture #religion #ritual #belief #precolumbian #prehispanic #mesoamerica #mexico #dancerfigure #crocodile
This is a Colima dancer figurine with a removable crocodile helmet, a ceramic artifact originating from West Mexico's Colima culture, created between approximately 300 BC and 300 AD. The figure depicts a dancer wearing an intricate, detachable headdress fashioned to resemble a crocodile. Such pieces likely held ceremonial significance, possibly representing deity impersonators in rituals honoring nature or mythological creatures. The style is characteristic of the shaft tomb tradition found in the Colima region. This figure is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
April 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Crab Vessel
Clay, pigment
c. 100 BCE to 250 CE
Colima culture
Mexico

#handmade #crab #vessel #Colima #culture #Mexico #Mesoamerica #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #art #sculpture #ancientmexico #precolumbianpottery #pottery
September 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
fullslack.bsky.social
Colima spider vessel (c. 300 BCE - 300 CE)
spider shaped stone vessel
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
nashishereforit.bsky.social
Chicago isn’t even in the top 50. Colima, Mexico is the “MURDER CAPITAL” of the world…
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
scipexplorist.bsky.social
Lightning Bolt caught over Colima Volcano, Mexico. ⚡️🌋
December 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Dancing Dogs
ceramic with slip
c. 200 BCE to 200 CE
Colima culture
Colima, Mexico

#handmade #ceramic #dogs #sculpture #ancientart #art #precolumbian #ColimaCulture #Colima #Mexico #Mesoamerica #ancientsculpture #dogsculpture #Xoloitzcuintli #shafttomb #burial #afterlife #guides #hairless #canine
The Colima culture was a prominent pre-Columbian society in western Mexico that flourished roughly from 300 BCE to 600 CE. Thrived in the fertile valleys and coastal plains of the modern Mexican state of Colima and surrounding areas. Roots trace back to the early Capacha culture (around 1500 BCE), with its main artistic peak occurring during the Late Pre-Classic and Classic periods (300 BCE – 600 CE). Known for deep, bottle-shaped underground burial chambers containing rich ceramic grave goods meant to accompany the dead. Famous for expressive, smooth redware and burnished terracotta effigies of hairless dogs (Xoloitzcuintli), which were believed to guide souls to the underworld.
September 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
shyfootfreak.bsky.social
Lightning strike Colima Volcano - photo credit to: Sergio Tapiro Velasco
March 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
instascience.bsky.social
This volcanic lightning over Colima volcano, Mexico.

-Credits: Sergio Tapiro
June 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
ACAB sticker spotted in Colima, México
Yellow ACAB sticker featuring a pig on a stop sign
April 20, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Figure of a Dog Made c. 100-200 AD Colima, #Mexico (Art Institute Chicago)
August 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
gabrielmj1.bsky.social
Playa de Oro, Manzanillo, Colima. México 🇲🇽
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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The bodies are decorated with incised lines, which likely represent folds of skin, indicating that these canines are Mexican hairless dogs. Read more about Colima culture and their ceramic effigies of hairless dogs.

yucatanmagazine.com/colima-cultu...
A Look at the Colima Culture, Beyond Cute Dog Ceramics
The Colima Culture thrived in what today is the Mexican State of Colima and its surrounding territories.
yucatanmagazine.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
heatherpaterson.co.uk
[41] Grecia Sandoval was shot in the street in Colima (Mexico) on 1 Nov 2024. #SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #TDoR

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Grecia Sandoval Colima (Mexico) shot. 1 Nov 2024
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
anforsorrow.bsky.social
This earthenware figurine, from the Colima culture (Mexico) is thought to represent a ceremonial dancer, wearing a cocrodile like helmet. Curiously, the helmet can be removed!
Currently part of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
"Deity Impersonator", earthenware figurine with traces of polychrome pigment. Colima People (300 BCE –300 CE). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Deity Impersonator" (Helmet removed), earthenware figurine with traces of polychrome pigment. Colima People (300 BCE –300 CE). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
May 27, 2026 at 9:13 AM
littleluckless.bsky.social
Ok but have y'all seen colima dogs cause I mean look at em!
August 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
damienmarieathope.bsky.social
A ceramic figure representing a dancer with a removable crocodile helmet from the Colima culture. Created between 300 BCE and 300 CE.
October 17, 2024 at 8:22 AM
nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
Seated Dog, Colima Mexico, ca. 100 CE
Ceramic statue of a dog sitting back on its hind legs has a little circular object on his head which might be a spout if the statue is hollow and is used as a jug or vase
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
luisdepablo.bsky.social
Colima, mon amour
July 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
iram-ortega.bsky.social
Volcán de fuego, Colima 🗻
May 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
lindaarbuckle.com
Mexico. Colima. Dog w/human face. 200 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.Earthenware. L.A. Co. Mus.
Mexico. Colima. Dog w/human face. 200 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.Earthenware. L.A. Co. Mus.
January 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
iagomoreno.bsky.social
Cultura colima. 300 a.c.
May 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
brutalismbot.com
Offices of Di Frenna Arqutiectos in Colima, México by Di Frenna Arqutiectos r/brutalism
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
wasbellab102.bsky.social
Volcán de Colima, #Mexico by Robert Saddler
#Photography
#Volcano
#Lightening
#Lava
April 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
paultobin.bsky.social
Please, your attention for the good doggy.

Culture: Colima ~ Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 300 ~ Medium: Earthenware, red slip with black paint.
May 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
tejuinito.bsky.social
Ok pero lo arbolada que es Colima
December 18, 2024 at 2:13 AM