Figure féminine à double tête, env. 600 ap. J.-C. · Costa Rica, Nicoya, Chorotega · ID: 3050261
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Provenance
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA (1970’s)Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, Lot 135
A. und B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, 21. September 2015, Lot 158
Description
brown pottery, with piercings, handwritten inscription “W…76”, rest. (right leg)
This effigy illustrated the concept of dualism, prevalent in Pre Columbian art. Here we have a male/female- an elder/a youth, or life/death depiction.
Remarques
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).