Small reddish-brown clay model of a house with a pitched roof and an open doorway, set against a black background.
Small terracotta sculpture resembling an animal or object, with a rectangular body and two legs, against a black background.

Colima house model

Rare salmon color pottery house having a peaked roof, both top peaks are perforated.
Scattered areas of light surface deposits.

A small original piece reattached on the left side of doorway, rear wall repaired from a few original pieces with restoration over the break lines.


  • Pottery

  • 14,5 x 15,25 cm

  • 100 BC - 200 AD

  • Robert and Marianne Huber U.S.A.

    1960’s - 1990’s

  • € 1250,—

Ancient rectangular clay roof tile with a sloped top, reddish-brown color, and small hole at the top corner, displayed against a black background.

The house model depicts a typical West Mexican domicile or ceremonial building without its basal, earthen platform.

No architecture of comparable form is found in the region because these structures were made of perishable materials; only the earth-and-stone platforms have survived, although many have been destroyed by modern agricultural activities.

These architectural models thus document the lost architectural heritage of ancient West Mexico.