Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure The necklace is centered by

The necklace is centered by two highly significant pendants: a finely carved anthropomorphic face with drilled circular eyes

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and humanitarian who spent decades traveling throughout Latin America assembling a significant collection of folk and Pre-Columbian art

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Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Figure The necklace is centered byWest Mexico, Nayarit Culture Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE 250 CE Height: 5 1 4 inches Provenance: Ex Auction at Showplace, New York; acquired from a Private New York Collection A finely modeled standing pottery figure from the Nayarit culture of West Mexico, depicted in a frontal stance with arms bent and resting across the torso. The figure stands on short, rounded legs with a broad, compact body and pronounced chest. The head features a