Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 850-1500 CE. Seated on a bench, this figure gazes upward with coca leaves in his right cheek, holds his hands to his knees, and dons an ornately decorated sash over his left shoulder. All is burnished red with black designs. His dramatic facial expression perhaps reflecting his hallucinatory state is accentuated by the stylized upside-down black triangles painted beneath his prominent eyes. 7" H x 4" W.

Provenance: Ex-prominent Hollywood, CA collection acquired from Arte Primitivo Gallery, NYC

All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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  • Condition: Near choice

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