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Provenance: Private collection of Dr
the base uninscribed
Just charming
measuring eight inches in diameter
Provenance: John Winnie private collection
An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold Provenance: Private collection of DrDisembodied human heads are ubiquitous in the Pre Columbian iconography of Costa Rica and neighboring areas of Panama. Accounts make it clear that indigenous peoples practiced taking and displaying human heads as trophies. In this volcanic stone example, the closed eyes and slack mouth suggest death, while the close fitting cap of geometric design may be of fiber as the form suggests twisted cords or a rattan like material. It was thought that taking
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