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Donated By: Donick Cary, Emmy-Award winning writer/producer (Letterman /Simpsons / Parks and Recreation /Silicon Valley)

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Maya, ca. 500 to 950 CE. A fine carved stone architectural tenon in the form of a monkey head. Once probably set into a large stone wall with multiple other similar tenons, this piece would have been a striking example of Mayan stonework and their reverence for the natural world around them. This tenon sports a large and thick tenon terminal, a bulbous carved head with simian features such as round hollow eyes, broad and flat nose, a wide brow, a dome-shaped head, and stylized ears. Monkeys have always been fascinating for their human-like behaviors and antics which seem to parody us. For this reason, in the Pre-Columbian world, monkeys were believed to serve as mediators between humankind and the supernatural realm. Size: 6.25" L x 1.75" W x 3" H (15.9 cm x 4.4 cm x 7.6 cm); 5.75" H (14.6 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private D. C. collection, California, USA; D. C. is an Emmy Award winning Hollywood writer and Executive Producer, ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA, Dec 1999, lot 340

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  • Condition: Age-commensurate surface wear and pitting, losses to head, cheek, and tenon end, otherwise very good.Old losses to flat terminus. Minor surface scratches. Flute works beautifully.

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