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LATE PRECLASSIC, CA. 300-100 B.C.
Details
A CHONTAL STONE HEAD
Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
With narrow, tapering physiognomy demarcated by the large nose, square-shaped mouth and eyes under thick brows; in green and white porphyry.
Height 7 7/8 in. (12 cm.)
Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
With narrow, tapering physiognomy demarcated by the large nose, square-shaped mouth and eyes under thick brows; in green and white porphyry.
Height 7 7/8 in. (12 cm.)
Provenance
Carlo Gay Collection
Miguel Covarrubias Collection
Miguel Covarrubias Collection
Literature
Carlo and Robin Gay, Chontal, Geneva, 2001, pl. 76.
Exhibited
New York, Stone Sculpture from the State of Guerrero, Mexico, Finch College Museum, 1965.