Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. Alabaster sculpture representing a temple facade. Size: 4.25" H (10.8 cm)

Stone models in the Mezcala style come largely from the present-day state of Guerrero, in southwest Mexico. A particularly long-lived tradition, these works may have been produced over some one thousand years, from as early as 500 B.C. Little is known about their archaeological contexts, and there are few points of reference with surviving architecture in the region. It is possible that these models emulate buildings with stone columns, such as those from Cuetlajuchitlán; alternatively they could recall above- or below-ground funerary structures, in which case the columns would represent wood supports of a tomb or a funerary pyre.

Provenance: Formerly in the P. G. collection, Anaheim, California, inherited in the 1970's.

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Intact, with expected wear.