Pre-Columbian Veracruz Terracotta Head Fragment

300-800 A.D.

4 5/8 in. (474 grams, 11.8 cm wide).

Mask of a dignitary or warrior with D-shaped face, applied hair and headdress with applied bitumen; secured with a bow on the brow; partly glazed and hollow to the reverse; a fragment from a larger figure. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Norfolk, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

For a range of similar Veracruz figures of the classic period see Favaro, A., The World That Wasn't There, 5 Continents Editions, 2019.

CONDITION

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LOT 1737