CARCHI SEATED FIGURE
PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
CARCHI SEATED FIGURE

CA. A.D. 500 - 1500

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CARCHI SEATED FIGURE
ca. A.D. 500 - 1500
the coca chewer on a bench with arms held closely to the sides, wearing a patterned tunic, the head turned slightly to the right with a wad of coca bulging from his left cheek, painted in reddish brown with black resist decoration.
Height 5 3/8 in. (13.4 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.

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