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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure

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Large Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god of a substantial size with a stocky body displaying a pair of arms folded acr

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure: **Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god figure, so called because scholars posit they were creat

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. An abstract anthropomorphic axe god figure that is hand-carved from hardstone with mottl

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of characteristically abstract form depicting an 'axe god

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Framed Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A petite figure of a highly stylized form that is carved from an opaque white stone. The

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Guerrero Mezcala Type M-16 Stone Axe God Figure: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, M-16 type, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely example of the M-16 type standing anthropomorphic figure that is hand-carved from mottled gray

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A fine example of an abstract anthropomorphic figure that is hand-carved from mottled green-brown stone with light

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Large Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: **Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A Mezcala standing anthropomorphic figure, finely carved and string cut from mottled greenstone, displaying

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Southwest Mexico, Guerrero, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved, deep grey-green stone (probably andesite) depicting a standing anthropomorphic figure, the human physiognomy displaying ap

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Impressive Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God, ex-Arnovick: **Originally Listed at $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero Region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. An abstract anthropomorphic figure, closest to type M-10, hand carved and string-cut from a pale grey

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Abstract Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A fine standing axe god figure of a characteristically abstract form, hand-carved from mottled dark grey and hunter green s

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god figure, of characteristically abstract form, standing atop a pair of string-cut legs.

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Fine Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God - Type M-10: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A wonderful hand-carved and string-cut anthropomorphic figure, carved from a smoky gray hardstone (probably ande

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God, ex-Arnovick,: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A splendid stone axe god figure - so called because scholars posit they were created fro

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God, ex-Arnovick: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god figure, of characteristically abstract form, standing atop a pair of string-cut legs.

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Large Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero / Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. Skillfully carved and string cut from a beautiful mottled pale greenstone, an abstract anthropomorphic figure, standing with hands held a

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Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of abstract form known as an axe god with string-cut grooves creating the anthropomorphic presentation. Scholars believe axe god figures were formed from discarded or otherwise unusable stone axe heads. Size: 1.1" L x 2.25" W x 6.125" H (2.8 cm x 5.7 cm x 15.6 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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Condition

Large chips to along verso with small chips around peripheries and obverse, with light earthen deposits, and softening to some finer details, otherwise in very good condition. Nice preservation to abstract figural form. Previous inventory label on verso.

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Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure

Name: Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figure
SKU: 156857754
Price: 500 USD
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