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Chontal Stone Mask, Guerrero region Late Preclassic, ca. 300 -100 B.C.
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- Stone
- Height: 6 in (15.2 cm)
with highly rounded cheeks and pierced eyes and mouth, and prominent brow curving into the nose; in speckled , the of rectangular form, with rounded cheeks and pierced eyes and mouth; in speckled green and white stone and pierced at the corners for attachment.
Provenance
Galerie Mermoz, Paris
Marion and Mark Lynton, acquired from the above in 1980
Marion and Mark Lynton, acquired from the above in 1980
Exhibited
Cologne, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Out of the Depths, Tomb Figures from West Mexico, July 4, 1986-January 11, 1987
Literature
Out of the Depths, Tomb Figures from West Mexico, Foreword by Peter T. Furst, Cologne, 1986, Fig. 78
Catalogue Note
The variety of masks, face panels and heads in the Chontal style show a broad range of abstract to naturalistic forms. This mask fluidly contrasts the flat and rounded planes and solid vs. openwork areas. See Gay and Gay (2001:Fig. 93) for this style.