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Chontal Serpentine Standing Figure w/ Headdress
Chontal Serpentine Standing Figure w/ Headdress
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Description
Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Protoclassic Period, ca. 300 BCE to 150 CE. A beautiful and finely detailed effigy of a standing anthropomorphic figure that is hand-carved from dark brown-green schistic serpentine. The stylized figure presents with a rigid pose atop delineated, segmented legs and features a tapered trapezoidal torso flanked with arms that gradually narrow towards the wrists and hands. The broad shoulders frame the wide yet squat neckline. The countenance exhibits telltale Teotihuacan characteristics including horizontal, slit-form eyes, a triangular nose above full lips, tab-shaped ears, and smooth cheeks, all beneath the tall brim of a hat that rests low along the brow. Size: 3.125" W x 9.875" H (7.9 cm x 25.1 cm)

Chontal sculptors created grave offerings that are dramatically abstract yet simultaneously present features that are somewhat naturalistic. The beauty of the stone in addition to the elegant delineation of the form of this example make for an impressive piece.

Provenance: ex-private Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA collection; ex-private Texas, USA collection, prior to 1970

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Condition
Repaired from roughly 3 or 4 large pieces, with restoration along reattached areas, and resurfacing with light adhesive residue along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light pitting commensurate with age, with minor encrustations, and softening to some details on body. Great preservation to figural form.
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Chontal Serpentine Standing Figure w/ Headdress

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