Lot Essay
Cf. Secrets in Stone, pg. 111, 125, and 126
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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
MAYAN STONE HEAD HACHA
CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 450 - 650
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MAYAN STONE HEAD HACHA
CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 450 - 650
of thin section carved, with the profile face of the aged Fire God, Huehuetotl, with wide grin on one side, and down turned lips on the other, deeply furrowed cheeks and sunken eyes, in gray speckled stone with recessed areas filled with red pigment.
Height 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.)
CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 450 - 650
of thin section carved, with the profile face of the aged Fire God, Huehuetotl, with wide grin on one side, and down turned lips on the other, deeply furrowed cheeks and sunken eyes, in gray speckled stone with recessed areas filled with red pigment.
Height 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.)