Colima Brownware Face Mask w/ Grin
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Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished brownware pottery mask of tall, tapered form with a concave verso. The convex face presents with a pair of curved eyes as well as a curved mouth displaying a slight grin, a sharply angled nose with a pointed tip, and perforated ear lobes, all beneath a broad forehead and slender eyebrows. Additional perforations along the top and bottom peripheries show how this mask was attached to the face of a deceased individual; this was likely intended as a burial mask. Size: 3" L x 6.1" W x 8.5" H (7.6 cm x 15.5 cm x 21.6 cm)
Provenance: private Ojai, California, USA collection, before 2000
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#179639
Provenance: private Ojai, California, USA collection, before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#179639
Condition
Chips to nose and peripheries, wear to pigment with areas of fire-darkening, and light earthen deposits within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to facial details and overall form. Strung with modern fishing line on verso.
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Colima Brownware Face Mask w/ Grin
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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