Mezcala Greenstone Figurine romanempire ancestral reverence

ancestral reverence

accompanied by various grave goods

often arranged in geometric patterns

Cameroon Grasslands

a painted coiffure

Mezcala Greenstone Figurine romanempire ancestral reverencePre Columbian era, Mezcala culture, c. 300 100BC, Guerrero, Mexico. Absolutely stunning example of an abstract anthropomorphic figure. The most well known Guerrero style is called Mezcala, primarily small sized abstract stone sculptures depicting human figures, masks or face panels, animals, purely geometric shapes, and colonnaded structures were carved in an abstract, minimally detailed style. Many were buried in offering caches, but they may have