Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A finely-modeled buffware baby head with slanted coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a triangular nose, puffy lips surrounding a gaping mouth, and a slightly elongated skull indicative of ritual cranial deformation. The infant's right arm is raised and bent towards the back of the head, a classic position for depicting babies in Olmec art. The head is decorated with two ovoid panels, one on either side, and a central bar which arches across the top. Custom wooden display stand included. Size: 5" W x 5" H (12.7 cm x 12.7 cm); 7.625" H (19.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection

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This was once part of a larger figure. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small loss to one corner of mouth, one ear, and areas of verso, with small chips along peripheries, and fading to finer details. Light earthen deposits and encrustations throughout.