Pre-Columbian Face Fragment painted wood sign plus the half black

plus the half black

I pass by hundreds if not thousands of old printing blocks for every one that I purchase

to the terrific echoing lines of their bodies (and especially those elbows

A nice one for a kitchen shelf

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Pre-Columbian Face Fragment painted wood sign plus the half blackI know from the seller in Virginia I purchased this from that it came from the personal collection of a senior curator at the Smithsonian who died about 15 years ago. I am confident it is Pre Columbian, Central South American. It is just a small fragment, but I find the face wonderfully expressive, with a great sense of soulfulness and also immediacy about it, with the open mouth feeling as if crying out with some urgency across many hundreds of