Seated anthropomorphic statuette, hands clasped over the abd - Lot 213

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Seated anthropomorphic statuette, hands clasped over the abd - Lot 213
Seated anthropomorphic statuette, hands clasped over the abdomen, expressive face with visible teeth and hairstyle with two tubular protrusions. Representation of the god Tchac. Terra cotta with two-tone slip in red and creamy beige, glossy. H. 26 cm × l. 14 cm Late Veracruz State culture, ca. 600-900 A.D. Mexico, State of Veracruz. Condition: small chips, traces of burial. The bottom is broken and glued. Provenance: Henri André Jean FAVRE Collection (1937-2025) (probably acquired before 1970) Sociologist, researcher and teacher, Henri Favre focused his academic work on the Indian peasant insurrections that punctuated the colonial and republican history of Latin America. He began his research at the Instituto Nacional Indigenista in Mexico, then boarded at the Institut Français d'Etudes Andines, before joining the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1966. For almost twenty years at the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine, he led a post-graduate seminar on the ethnosociology of peasant Indians in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Henri Favre was Director of Research Emeritus at the CNRS. He is the author of numerous works on the Incas, the Mayas, Peru, Mexico, the indigenous movement in Latin America...
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