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Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure of a Priest, Nopiloa

Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure of a Priest, Nopiloa, c. 550-950 A.D., the kneeling figure wearing a monkey deity costume, holding a shield in one hand and with removable face mask in the form of a goateed monkey, with layered headdress, ht. 6 1/4 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's, May 17, 1994, lot 175.

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