Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

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VERACRUZ STONE HEAD HACHA LATE CLASSIC, CIRCA AD 550-950

Auction Closed

May 13, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

VERACRUZ STONE HEAD HACHA LATE CLASSIC, CIRCA AD 550-950


Height: 8 in (20.3 cm)

Robert Stolper, London

German Private Collection, acquired from the above on October 14, 1968

Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 171, consigned by the above

Private Collection, acquired at the above auction

The rounded crested head form with a distinctive cutaway section on the forehead, and the deeply recessed eyes, portrays a skeletal variety of the hacha type. For a similar example, see Leyenaar and Parsons, Ulama, Leiden, 1988, pp. 188 and 191, figs. 103 and 113.