A Chupicuaro female 'choker' figure Mexico clay with a two part coiffure and with hands on the...

A Chupicuaro female 'choker' figure

Mexico

clay with a two part coiffure and with hands on the abdomen, with red pigment, circa 500 - 200BC,

8.7cm high,

a Chupicuaro similar larger figure and a male figure with bitumen highlights. (3)

Provenance

Sir Peter Hope KCMG, 1912 - 1999, British Intelligence Officer and later Ambassador to Mexico 1968-72.

Exhibited

Small figure - Ancient Mesoamerica, Precolumbian Mexican and Maya Art, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 4th June to 31st July 1970. No. 21.