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Valdivian Figure + Mixtec Lip Labret
Valdivian Figure + Mixtec Lip Labret
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**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE; Mixtec culture, ca. 500 BCE to 1500 CE. A miniature Valdivian pottery figurine fragment with minimalist features including a set of impressed eyes and mouth, and the other pottery item is a Mesoamerican labret. The burnished and black surface of the lip plug / labret was probably supposed to emulate obsidian stone. Size of labret: 1.5" L x 1" W (3.8 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Matrisciano collection, Thousand Oaks, California, USA, before 2002

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#176247
Condition
Figure is a fragment of a larger piece, surface chips and abrasions. Labret is intact with minor chips and light mineral deposits.
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Valdivian Figure + Mixtec Lip Labret

Estimate $600 - $900
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Starting Price $300
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