**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. Two lovely hand-carved anthropomorphic stone axe god figures, both comprised of polished light-green stone with dark-hued inclusions. The shorter figure is entirely abstract, with a rounded face with drilled eyes and a thin mouth, a slit-form neck line, and attenuated limbs created using the meticulous string-cut carving technique; it also has a biconically-drilled suspension hole through the top of the head. The taller figure, with darker vertically-streaked inclusions, has abstruse yet more fully-pronounced features including a rotund torso, delineated limbs, and a deep neck line, all formed with the same string-cutting expertise; it is biconically-drilled through the back for suspension. Each figure is finely-crafted, and both are wonderful representations of classic Mezcala stonework! Size of tallest: 2.875" H (7.3 cm).

Provenance: ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970

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Both figures have age-commensurate surface wear, small chips and losses to legs and heads, with light earthen and mineral deposits throughout.