Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Auction Closed
May 13, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Private Collection
TLATILCO FIGURE OF A DANCER, TYPE DK EARLY PRECLASSIC, CIRCA 1200-900 BC
Height: 8 in (20.3 cm)
The tall figure of a masked dancer is adorned with the ceremonial attire befitting a large village festival. Wearing a naturalistic mask made for dancing, it shows wide oval eye areas, pierced nostrils and parted lips. The figure dances with both palms straight forward; the wide set legs adorned with large shell or seed pod rattles attached to low-slung leggings. Ear flares hang at each cheek and long tresses fall to the shoulders. See Coe, The Jaguar's Children, New York, 1965, fig. 147, for a companion figure from the Jay C. Leff collection.