costa rican stone standing warrior with trophy head, atlantic watershed region, Early Period IV, ca. A.D. 1000-1500

of slender form with legs bent in characteristic stance, both hands grasping a thin rope over the shoulders supporting a trophy head at the center of the back; in light gray volcanic stone.

Edinburgh, Scotland, City Art Centre, August 3-31, 1985

Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Museum of Art, November 22, 1985-January 31, 1986

Lois Katz, ed.  Art of Costa Rica, Pre-Columbian Painted and Sculpted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D.C., 1985, no. 195

excellent, appears intact, nice form and overall carving . Trophy head on the reverse is a delicate proportion.
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