Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador Provenance: Frances L

Provenance: Frances L

Reference: ACIP 2143 / FAB 701

Rev: Fire altar with two attendants

Copy of Arte Primitivo invoice included from 1975

Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador Provenance: Frances LPre Columbian Chalchuapa Seated Figure Chalchuapa, El Salvador, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 500 BCE250 CE This finely modeled ceramic figure originates from the important ceremonial center of Chalchuapa, one of the principal cultural and political centers of the Late Preclassic Maya world in western El Salvador. Rendered in a seated posture with legs splayed and hands resting upon the abdomen, the figure displays broad Olmecoid facial features,