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a Mezcala Stone Figure, Type M18, Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
with short legs and characteristic broad grooves marking the cheeks and arms, wide circular band defining the short legs, the top of the head flat and smooth, in gray green andesite.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1970’s
Catalogue Note
Cf. Gay and Pratt (1992: pl. 62), Type M18 figures are distinquished from other styles in that they are formed from river cobbles, rather than the celt forms showing roughened tops of the heads.