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LATE PRECLASSIC, CA 300 - 100 B.C.
Details
CHONTAL STONE FIGURE
LATE PRECLASSIC, CA 300 - 100 B.C.
with unusual stance and countenance, standing on short legs with long trunk in an unusual posture with attenuated arms curled against the chest, with pecked surface, deeply undercut neck, lower jaw thrust forward wearing a half-mask across the eyes with massive browline, shell inlaid eyes and mouth in green speckled metadiorite.
Height 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.)
LATE PRECLASSIC, CA 300 - 100 B.C.
with unusual stance and countenance, standing on short legs with long trunk in an unusual posture with attenuated arms curled against the chest, with pecked surface, deeply undercut neck, lower jaw thrust forward wearing a half-mask across the eyes with massive browline, shell inlaid eyes and mouth in green speckled metadiorite.
Height 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.)
Further details
Cf. Chontal, pl. 40, for a figure with shell inlays
More or less concurrent and parallel with the Mezcala, the Chontal people developed a far ranging tradition of making portable stone sculptures grave offerings. Unlike Mezcla figurative sculpture which is noted for its simplicity, Chontal figures and masks reflect a tendency toward naturalism often animated by the use of inlays in shell and other materials.
More or less concurrent and parallel with the Mezcala, the Chontal people developed a far ranging tradition of making portable stone sculptures grave offerings. Unlike Mezcla figurative sculpture which is noted for its simplicity, Chontal figures and masks reflect a tendency toward naturalism often animated by the use of inlays in shell and other materials.