Lot no. 126
Objet de style pour la décoration - Large female figure - This astonishing figure represents a woman whose sex is evoked by PRECOLOMBIAN ART - NICOYA -COSTA RICA
body paint in the shape of a triangle. Kneeling, she appears to be in a trance. Her face is marked by a tense expression, her eyes dilated and her tongue out. Her hands are on either side of her mouth. Her skull is ritually deformed and highlighted by a headdress with linear motifs. Black and red paintings adorn her chest. - Firing hole on the back. - Polychrome terracotta - Costa Rica style
H. 38 - l. 27 - Th. 29 cm - Condition: skull broken, glued.
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