Ritual axe with an interlacing of openwork shapes evoking a glyphic ideogram or the head of a feline. Its well-balanced shapes interlock to form an interesting ensemble symbolizing the anatomical characteristics of several totem animals. Green speckled, sculpted and polished hard stone. El Tajin, Veracruz, Mexico, Classical Period, 600 to 900 A.D. 26 x 21 x 5 cm. This work is distinguished by its size and thickness, the quality of the stone used and the modernism of its representation.
Provenance: Jouan Paris, sale of November 22, 2005, N°186 of the catalogue. Former private collection New York
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