Pre-Columbian Face Fragment grocery sign 18" l x 13" w

18" l x 13" w x 11 1/2" d

It also suggests that this store was pushing a generic brand of petroleum jelly

but again I am not an expert

in this case the possibility of literally springing it open or snapping it closed

he looks totally at peace in his own little world

Pre-Columbian Face Fragment grocery sign 18" l x 13" wI 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