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LOT 1667

Pre-Columbian Olmec Style Amethyst Head

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

5 1/4 in. (1.1 kg, 13 cm high).

An amethyst head or mask carved in the half-round with semi-naturalistic facial features, in the Olmec style; four holes drilled to edges; shallow recess to reverse.

Provenance

Estate sale of a head of archaeology at Tulane University, U.S.A., pre 1990s.
Ex Tooveys, West Sussex, UK, 2019.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1977.187.33, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 1667

Pre-Columbian Olmec Style Amethyst Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £702

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