Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2408Location: BostonDate / Time: May 10, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Maya, Jaina Island, c. 550-950 A.D., a seated male dignitary with crossed legs and arms, scarified patterns on the face, elaborate headdress, and large round shell pendant, traces of blue pigment, ht. 6 3/4 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, May 20, 1986, lot 109.
Estimate $3,000-5,000