Rare Exhibited and Illustrated Vera Cruz Stone Hacha Depicting A Shaman in a Tra

Rare Exhibited and illustrated Vera Cruz Stone
Hacha Depicting A Shaman in a Trance
Classic Period
Gulf coast, Veracruz.
600 - 900 A.D.
Size: 8"L. x 3-1/2"W. x 5"H.
Grayish basalt carved in the form of a human head with a ridged cranium and bulging cheeks, poicting a shaman in a trance, or the wind god. Some faint traces of red pigment on both side of head and cheeks. Intact, exc. cond. A nice example.
Provenance: Exhibited and illustrated: An Exhibition of Latin American Art from the Pre-Christian Period to Today, at the Museum of Ethnological Art, Chubu University, June 2, 2012, p. 42. Ex. Hana Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, prior to 1970. Ex Mike Teager