- 177
A Costa Rican Stone figure, ca. A.D. 800-1200
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
of unusual naturalistic form, with fingers flanking the long stylized tongue, the grimacing mouth drilled at the corners, with drilled pupils and broad flaring nose, the top of the head marked by striated coiffure; pierced through the neck.
Provenance
Acquired in 1977
Catalogue Note
Cf. Gay (1995: fig. 16) for general type.