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Olmecoid Tlatilco Pottery Head Fragment
Olmecoid Tlatilco Pottery Head Fragment
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Description
**Originally Listed At $400**

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery head fragment from a larger figure, perhaps a female "fertility" idol. Her long hair is swept back with a headbandm, the strands incised down her neck. The broad face with pursed lips and jowly cheeks are reminiscent of the famous Olmec colossal heads. Size: 3" L x 2" W (7.6 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA, acquired 1995 to 2015; ex-private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection

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#178467
Condition
Fragment from a larger figure as shown. Head is otherwise intact with light mineral deposits.
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Olmecoid Tlatilco Pottery Head Fragment

Estimate $500 - $750
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Starting Price $250
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Artemis Gallery

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Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
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