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Guanacaste-Nicoya, Period IV
1-500 CE
7.12 x 5.86 x 10.58 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
greenstone
PC.B.210

On view


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Keywords
This object has the following keywords:
Guanacaste-Nicoya

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Bibliography
Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 33, cat. 159.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1957 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, New York. p. 260, cat. 143, pl. XC.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1959 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. 2nd ed. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, London. p. 268, cat. 143, pl. XC.






Exhibition History
"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, November 1952 to April 1962.


Acquisition History
Purchased from Earl Stendahl, Los Angeles (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, July 8,1949.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1949-1962.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.


Object Last Modified: 3/8/2023