Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-built phalliform effigy with an abstract bird figure - head, arms, and legs - near the scrotum. A lengthy slit along the top of the shaft indicates this could have been a musical instrument like a rattle. Size: 8.4" L x 3.25" W x 4" H (21.3 cm x 8.3 cm x 10.2 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Stanley L. Kaufman collection, before 1993

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#181271

  • Condition: Repaired with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and pitting, with softening to some finer details on bird head, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to overall form.

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