Anthropomorphic figurine · Mexico, Veracruz · ID: 3037682
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Loudmer, Paris, 24 Octobre 1974, lot 132Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
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
Comparing literature
Rickenbach, Judith, Präkolumbische Kulturen am Golf von Mexiko, Zürich 1997, p. 264, ill. 45