Double headed female figure, c. 600 AD

Costa Rica, Nicoya, Chorotega

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Irwin Hersey, New York, USA (1970's) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, Lot 135 A. und B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, 21. September 2015, Lot 158	H: 3.1 inch	600 EUR plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

brown pottery, with piercings, handwritten inscription "W...76", rest. (right leg)

This effigy illustrated the concept of dualism, prevalent in Pre Columbian art. Here we have a male/female- an elder/a youth, or life/death depiction.

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. For shipment to a non-EU member state, export regulations will vary.

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