A Chancay wooden figure

A large male ancestral figure of light colored wood. With small differentiated legs and exagerated long shaped head having a relief nose. A horizontal incision indicates the forehead. Its arms folded on the chest. Wood, with remains of the original black paint on the face. Chancay culture, Peru, 800 BC- 1300 CE.

Provenance
Collected around 1950, Eindhoven, by descent, mr J. K. De Bruin, Enschede.

Size
Height 48,5 cm.

Price
€ 2.800,-

Condition
Good, no repairs, some wear of old age, nice patina of old age.