Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador The figure is shown nude

The figure is shown nude to the waist with a short kilt

high-bridged nose

while the reverse displays a stylized

Provenance: Frances L

Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador The figure is shown nudePre 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,