Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero/Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. Comprised of mottled grey hardstone, likely andesite, an abstract anthropomorphic figure, string cut features with small slit for mouth and depression for eyes, legs somewhat bifurcated. The Mezcala sculptors brilliantly used string-saw technology to differentiate facial features and limbs. The ancient artisans of this region were particularly adept at reducing the human body to simple, eloquent forms via this string cut technique. The result ironically appeals to a modernist taste for minimalism. Mezcala sculptural works are equally appealing for the inherent beauty of the stone selected by the ancients. Size: 5.25" H (13.3 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Paul Simon collection, Taos, NM acquired between 1960 and 1975.

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