Costa Rican stone figure, Atlantic Watershed region, Late Period V, ca. A.D. 700-1000

standing in a ceremonial posture with the right hand on the forehead, palm open, the naked figure with resolute expression of rimmed features, the waist bound with multiple bands, and with long striated coiffure down the back; in gray brown volcanic stone.

The Manhattan Galleries, Important Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, May 14, 1983, lot 123, illus.

Purportedy exhibited at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, prior to 1983

Please note for this lot and lots 29, 47, 52, 55 and 56, all proceeds from the Estate of Wallace Katz will be distributed to both The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Ear Institute to fund cochlear implants for children in need in partnership with the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, and The NYU School of Medicine's Jewish Women's Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Study. 

Repaired along right leg below hip and above ankle. Otherwise fine
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