PRE COLUMBIAN TAINO KNEELING ANCESTOR COHOBA STAND

Taino. Kneeling cacique or ancestor depicted as a cohoba stand. The stand shape and relatively small size may suggest this was a functional stand for personal rather than communal use. Typical eye and mouth surround with large ear ornaments. The back is Incised with 2 sets of large concentric circles. A thin band of encircled lines runs around ridge of stand. Marble. From the Murphy Cache mid-1960 to Pre-Columbian art dealer Thomas Villanova then to Larry Roberts author “Taino Sculpture Art of the Gods” and “Taino Hallucinogenic Implements Inhaling the Cosmic Dust”. About 7 X 3 inches. This lot has a reserve.