DiquÍs Stone Figure, Period VI, ca. A.D. 1000-1500

in peg-base form with a dramatically posed naked figure with arms crossed, uplifted grinning head with large lunate eyes and flared nose, and bands extending across the cheeks; in tan volcanic stone with orange earthen remains.

Andre Emmerich, New York

William B. Jaffe & Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall, acquired from the above on November 3, 1967

By descent from the above to the present owner

 

 

New York, Precolumbian Art in New York, Selections from Private Collections, The Museum of Primitive Art, September 12-November 9, 1969, no. 197, illus.

Very good, intact. Has roughened surface overall, lots of remaining orange soil. The label "Jaffe, 795.69' from the MPA show present on the back.
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The distinctive Diquís peg-base figures range from abstract and stylized forms, to more naturalistic, rounded figures. They characteristically exhibit a forceful and imposing stance, and were likely placed in groups as protective forces around compounds or burials.