Costa Rican Warrior with Trophy Head, Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed Zone, ca. A.D. 1000 - 1500

Costa Rican Warrior with Trophy Head,
Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed Zone, ca. A.D. 1000 - 1500
height 17in (43cm)

Provenance
Earl Stendahl Gallery, Hollywood, California (No.2398 on back left foot)
Albert Beich, Los Angeles, acquired from the above on 14 May 1955
Thence by descent

Standing upright on flat feet, the knees defined by small nobs, wearing ringed anklets and belt and a necklace with a round pendant in front and a hammer-form element on the back, holding the trophy head in his left hand, the right arm severed below the armpit; the spherical head with coffee-bean eyes, pursed lips and a pointed chin.