Seated figure, Venezuela, western region, Timoto-Cuica, (Chibchan Macrogroup). Nude male figure, sitting on stool, arms supported on knees, holding a sacrificial bowl. Face with protruding hooked nose, slanting eye incisions and mouth, symbolic head and ear ornaments, the fingers and toes marked with notches, loose on wooden base, with thermoluminescence certificate No. 19123 from "Labor für Fälschungserkennung", Haigerloch, Ralf Kotalla, dated 10.2.1991, h 13 cm Provenance: Collection August Maurer, (voucher available), Auction Vogler 2015, Private collection Germany

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