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Valdivian Pottery Female Idol Heads

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**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A pair of pottery heads that are fragments from larger figures, with impressed eyes, brows, and mouths, and hair / headdresses framing their visages. Most Valdivian examples are female and are often discovered in burials as well as near old hearths suggesting a funerary function and perhaps also serving as domestic / female idols. Size: 2.2" L x 2.25" H (5.6 cm x 5.7 cm); 3.5" H (8.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-collection of the late Peter Arnovick, San Francisco, California, USA, acquired before 1995

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