Zemanek-Münster

Idol

Mexico, Guerrero
not available anymore
Provenance
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
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.


Comparing literature

Leyenaar, Ted u.a., Von Küste zu Küste, o.O. 1992, p. 387

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