| DATE | 1 - 500 AD |
| AUTHOR | Unknown Pre-Columbian artist - Guanacaste, Nicoya - Costa Rica |
| MEDIA | Basalt |
| SIZE | 34,3 cm (13" 1/2) long x 5,4 cm (2" 1/8) wide |
| LOCATION | USA - California - Beverly Hills - Barakat Gallery |
| NOTES | The artist has chosen a beautiful light stone with veins running through it, perhaps to mimic skin color. Undoubtedly this sculpture served an important part in ancient rituals. It is has been carved to perfection and exact symmetry giving formal expression to their inherent reality and perhaps the universe. |
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