Figure of a Standing Man Artist: Unknown

1000–1250

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

This is a typical figure from the Atlantic Watershed. It has a stylized horizontal face with semicircular ears, a deep brow, a broad nose, and parallel lips. The horseshoe-shaped object the figure holds is quite rare. The figure may be a sacrificial victim, his eyes closed in death.

Medium

Volcanic rock

Dimensions

29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

Accession Number

1959.55.11

Geography

Costa Rica

Culture

Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Guapiles

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1959 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 321, ill.
  • George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 194, 367, no. 427, fig. 252.
  • Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin, 26, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1960), 44.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculpture

Subject

nudes

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