**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Quimbaya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of an attenuated form standing atop a pair of separated legs. The figure presents delineated genitalia beneath a planar chest, a broad head with slit-form eyes and perforated ears, and a prominent nose with a copper nose ring suspended in the pierced septum. Size: 2.375" W x 3.5" H (6 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: private Superior, Colorado, USA collection acquired prior to 1970.

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#161559

Right leg repaired from two or three large pieces, with restoration to left leg and ear, and resurfacing with light adhesive residue along new material and break lines. Abrasions and minor encrustations to legs, body, and head, with slight bending to nose ring. Nice patina on nose ring.