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A Chontal stone Female Figure, Late Preclassic, ca. 300-100 B.C.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
with rounded breasts and slender arms pressed tightly to the body, her delineated fingers on her belly, showing the vulva, the face with pecked eyes, straight mouth, and narrow ear flanges; in green and black speckled diorite.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1970s
Literature
Carlo and Robin Gay, Chontal Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero, Mexico, 2001, pl. 50
Catalogue Note
This is a rare example within the Guerrero tradition of the female sex being identified other than by the breasts.