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Guerrero, Mexico. Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. Carved greenish serpentine standing abstracted humanoid figure. The face with arched brows and with drilled circular eyes. Rendered with the most minimal cut outs to suggest the figural form! Highly ritualistic work of art, no doubt used in a ceremony for the Gods.
Size: 3-1/2 inches H + custom base. Very good varied ancient surface, intact, overall excellent condition.
Provenance: Private Mercer Island WA collection by descent from Ruth Goldwyn Capps & Henry McClure Capps (known as Mac) who was an art director and production designer for TV & films in the mid-1950s.
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