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Trio of Jalisco Sheep Face Figures - Earliest Variant

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Trio of Jalisco Sheep Face Figures - Earliest Variant

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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three hand-built and carefully modeled, petite sheep-face figures - all three nude with nubbin breasts and standing with attenuated limbs,each with a sheepface visage presenting a long face, a prominent nose, and two incised diamond-shaped eyes, topped by turban-style headdresses, and wearing large earspools on pointy ears. These diamond-shaped eyes are seen on the earliest variants of the so-called sheepface figures. Size: tallest measures 4.25" H (10.8 cm)

Provenance: private Stagecoach, Nevada, USA collection; acquired from 1985 to present from galleries such as Arte Primitivo, Art For Eternity, Butterfields and Riverbend Gallery

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One with loss to ear, arms, and feet. One with repair to ear and foot. All with surface wear but nice remains of painted details.

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Trio of Jalisco Sheep Face Figures - Earliest Variant

Name: Trio of Jalisco Sheep Face Figures - Earliest Variant
SKU: 57380209
Price: 300 USD
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