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Unusual Mixtec Stone Face Amulet

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Unusual Mixtec Stone Face Amulet: **Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Mitla Ruins, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. An intriguing stylized face amulet carved from a fragment of mottled beige-hued s

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Choice Mixtec Stone Penate: Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A finely detailed anthropomorphic figure with elaborate incised features over a tan-colored hard stone. Its visage is decorated wit

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Lot of 2 Mixtec Stone Anthropoid Amulets: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A pair of greenstone amulets, each in the form of a standing anthropomorphic figure with incised features

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Unusual Mixtec Stone Face Amulet: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Mitla Ruins, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. An intriguing stylized face amulet carved from a fragment of mottled beige-hued stone with grey inclusions. The

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Description

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!

**Originally Listed At $150**

Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Mitla Ruins, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. An intriguing stylized face amulet carved from a fragment of mottled beige-hued stone with grey inclusions. The head is presented in profile with slit-form eyes, a petite chin beneath a string-cut mouth, and a pointed nose, all below a rounded forehead. A large suspension hole is biconically-drilled through the middle of the cheeks. Size: 0.9" W x 1.125" H (2.3 cm x 2.9 cm).

Provenance: ex-Elbert H. Hastings collection, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, acquired through J.G. Brecklein in the 1950s; according to the current owner, the piece was excavated in 1894.

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Condition

Small chips and light abrasions to both sides and peripheries, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.“To eliminate hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through engagement, collaboration, and leadership…”

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