Tumaco/La Tolita Female Figure,
ca. 300 B.C. - A.D. 300
height 15in (38cm)
the standing young pregnant princess with pierced navel and with her arms out in gesture, wearing a skirt and headdress, and adorned with necklace, ear and nose ornaments; fine natural buff slip.
Provenance:
Schaffhausen Museum, Switzerland, prior to 1970
Marcel Ebnother, Switzerland
Estimate:
US$ 8,000 - 12,000
6,200 - 9,300
£5,300 - 7,900
Category:
Ethnographic Art
/
African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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