Idol · Mexico, Guerrero · ID: 3037830
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Provenance
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
green stone, facial featurers and limbs marked by notches, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Mezcala idols of Mesoamerica developed from objects formed like stone axes. In the course of time the differentiation of human forms was increased, but the basic elements of the axe shape were retained.
The object Idol with the object ID 3037830 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 72.
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Comparing literature
Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 387