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A Veracruz Litter Scene, Remojadas, Classic, ca. A.D. 450-650
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
the cacique being carried on a litter platform, each attendant with heads turned outward and straining underneath, the chief with distinctive applied pupils and fixed expression, arms resting lightly on the supporting sides, and wearing stiff collar, banded chest ornaments, armbands and fillet headband, areas highlighted by black chapopote.
Provenance
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Ancient Civilizations of Latin America, October, 1966, fig. 38a
Literature
Hasso Von Winning, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, New York, 1968, fig. 253
Catalogue Note
Von Winning notes the scaffold on the litter is particular to the Remojadas Xipe-Tlazolteotl figures.