Sale 1 Lot 416  

A DIQUIS TUMBAGA FIGURE OF A MUSICIAN. Diquis Delta, Veraguas style, 800 - 1500 A.D. Wearing elaborate pierced headdress and swirl earrings, playing a trumpet, with stylized, confronting alligator heads on hips and legs - 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) high.
Estimate $600-800

For a similar figure see Lathrop, "Bliss Collection,", 1957, nos. 243 and 238. PROVENANCE: Acquired from E. Vargas Alfaro.

Sold for $350

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