Description:

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture (Balsas culture), ca. 700 to 200 BCE. This is a beautiful cut greenstone figure that, using simple lines, immediately creates an expressive human figure with a triangular head and a square-shouldered body. The figure would have been carved using string cutting and the surface abraded using sandstone to make it smoother. Greenstone was more valuable than gold in Mesoamerica, and this would have been a valuable item, perhaps buried with its owner, an important person, to mark their passing and give them identity in the grave. Size: 1.3" W x 2.8" H (3.3 cm x 7.1 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, IL, acquired prior to 1970.

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  • Condition: Wear to surface, but carving is clear

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September 27, 2016 8:00 AM MDT
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