Zemanek-Münster

Seated figure

Colombia, Quimbaya
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Richard Gill, Orlando, USA
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

fired clay, black pigment, flat rectangular body with free modelled limbs, simplified facial features marked by a prominent nose with golden nose ring, tattoo markings, surmounted with row of holes which originally held decorative elements, each limb is incised and molded as depicting constricted bands, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Labbé, Armand, Colombia before Columbus, New York 1986, ill. 98 f.

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