Anthropomorphic figurine · Mexico, Veracruz · ID: 3037682
Description
fired beige clay, small remains of red and black pigment, standing warrior, holding a war shield in the left hand, wearing a large protective shield on the breast, disc-shaped ear ornament and projecting gorgeous head ornament, consisting of flat projections at either side and crowning feather plume, animal head above the warriors head, dam., missing parts (feather plume, backside), rep. (hand and side projection on the right), base
The object Anthropomorphic figurine with the object ID 3037682 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 74 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.
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Comparing literature
Rickenbach, Judith, Präkolumbische Kulturen am Golf von Mexiko, Zürich 1997, p. 264, ill. 45