A Chinesco seated figure, Type E Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250

the male figure with introspective demeanor and unusually decorated with elaborate facial and body designs, the closed eyes with eyelashes and feathered brows, crisscrossed designs on the cheeks, each shoulder with a serrated emblem, perhaps representative of shell ornaments, with long scroll design on the back and wearing a small net loincloth.

Acquired before 1972

Overall very good, break and repair on PR ankle, small part of headband broken on let side. Paint is slightly obscured by the chalky surface.
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