Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone axe god with abstract anthropomorphic features: delineated legs and string-cut fingers atop the rounded chest with angular shoulders and a bulbous head. Faint impressions denote the eyes and mouth. According to Carlos Gay's important classification of ancient Mezcala figures, this one most resembles the M-22 type. Size: 1.75" L x 1.25" W x 4" H (4.4 cm x 3.2 cm x 10.2 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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#177902

  • Condition: Old abrasion and chips to top of head , otherwise intact. Softening of details. Light mineral and earthen deposits on the legs.

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