Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Face Pendant
**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A lovely and petite pendant carved from mottled sage-green stone with dense dark-green and orange-brown inclusions. The trapezoidal maskette pendant features drilled, crescent-shaped eyes and cheeks, string-cut brow lines, lips, and nasolabial folds, and a rounded coiffure with several vertical incised striations. Biconically-drilled suspension holes on the temples enable this piece to be worn as a pendant. Size: 1.5" W x 1.5" H (3.8 cm x 3.8 cm).
Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection, acquired by descent from the owner's father, collection amassed between 1950-1990
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#137383
Condition Report: Small chips and abrasions to face, peripheries, and verso, with light encrustations within drilled suspension holes, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.
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**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A lovely and petite pendant carved from mottled sage-green stone with dense dark-green and orange-brown inclusions. The trapezoidal maskette pendant features drilled, crescent-shaped eyes and cheeks, string-cut brow lines, lips, and nasolabial folds, and a rounded coiffure with several vertical incised striations. Biconically-drilled suspension holes on the temples enable this piece to be worn as a pendant. Size: 1.5" W x 1.5" H (3.8 cm x 3.8 cm).
Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection, acquired by descent from the owner's father, collection amassed between 1950-1990
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#137383
Condition Report: Small chips and abrasions to face, peripheries, and verso, with light encrustations within drilled suspension holes, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.