Galerie Furstenberg

Dignitary with high headdress and crossed arms

Mexico, Island of Jaina

Grey-beige terracotta with remnants of Mayan blue, yellow and red pigments
Maya culture, 500 - 800 A.D.
Height: 22 cm Width: 6 cm
Former Zollman collection, exhibited in 1988 at the Indianapolis Museum and in 1989 at the Indiana University Museum, Bloomington
Reproduced on pages 114 and 115 of "The Face of Ancient America"

Founded in 1971, Galerie Furstenberg is one of the very few European dealer specialized in pre-Columbian cultures, presenting ancient artifacts in terracotta, stone, wood, jewels or textiles from Mexico, the Maya area, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil or Peru before the Spanish conquest.

Jean Christophe Argillet
CNE expert, SNA member
8 rue Jacob, 75006 Paris
Tel: + 33 1 43 25 89 58
www.precolumbian.eu
galeriefurstenberg@gmail.com