Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
VERACRUZ STONE HEAD HACHA LATE CLASSIC, CIRCA AD 550-950
Auction Closed
May 13, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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VERACRUZ STONE HEAD HACHA LATE CLASSIC, CIRCA AD 550-950
Height: 8 in (20.3 cm)
The rounded crested head form with a distinctive cutaway section on the forehead, and the deeply recessed eyes, portrays a skeletal variety of the hacha type. For a similar example, see Leyenaar and Parsons, Ulama, Leiden, 1988, pp. 188 and 191, figs. 103 and 113.