Here is a delightful female standing figure of the rare and desirable “Fan-Head” type, wearing multiple ear-ornaments, a broad nose-ring, multiple arm bracelets, a carefully-painted beadwork necklace and garment details.

This charming figure is depicted with arms looped, hands resting on her abdomen just below her breasts. Details painted with orange, brown and cream pigments and ample manganese dioxide deposits provide incontrovertible evidence of prolonged  interment.

This whimsical figure is 6.25" (16 cm) tall, 4" (10 cm) wide, 2" (5 cm) front-to-back, and aside from insignificant toe-and-heel restoration, in excellent overall condition.

Ixtlán de Río, Nayarit, Mexico,
Protoclassic Period, 200 B.C. - A.D. 300.

Provenance: acquired in 1976 by the seller at the prestigious Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.

This figure is unconditionally guaranteed to be genuine in writing.

The Certificate of Authenticity accompanying this artifact has been prepared and signed by the seller, a longtime A.I.A., A.A.C.A. and A.S.A. Senior Member, Pre-Columbian Art scholar and certified specialist.

The seller has been an enthusiastic collector, certified appraiser and dedicated scholar for more than a half-century. In that time, he has complied with UNESCO, NAGPRA and other relevant state/federal legislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illegally-excavated antiquities. Most acquisitions were made between 1950 and the early 1990s at major New York City auction galleries and/or from other responsible (i.e., legal) sources.

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