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Pre-Columbian (replica) Stone Sculpture: Jaguar Trophy Head
$168.00
Code: PCCR042
Size: 9 1/2" long x 5”high (24.5 x 13 cms)
The Pre-Columbian reproductions craftsmen that we work with are the same that the national museums of Costa Rica employ when they need replicas made. Their craft is such that they could easily fool many experts regarding authenticity.
The eye for detail and faithfully copied aesthetic that these, often senior, craftsmen achieve is most certainly informed through having handled so many authentic pre-European objects as part of their 'haul' back in the day. These were times when there were no laws against tomb raiding and selling artifacts pilfered from ancient aboriginal graves. Although it most certainly persists on a much lower level in our times for the black market (Costa Rica banned 'huaquerismo' activities back in the mid-Eighties), on the whole, this activity has ceased to exist and our artisans are what one might call "reformed" tomb raiders.
They are left with an excellent knowledge of how such objects should look as well as, in some cases, how to 'stress' their reproductions, making them look ancient. This is a 'jaguar trophy head' (head hunter trophy)
Size: 9 1/2" long x 5”high (24.5 x 13 cms)
The Pre-Columbian reproductions craftsmen that we work with are the same that the national museums of Costa Rica employ when they need replicas made. Their craft is such that they could easily fool many experts regarding authenticity.
The eye for detail and faithfully copied aesthetic that these, often senior, craftsmen achieve is most certainly informed through having handled so many authentic pre-European objects as part of their 'haul' back in the day. These were times when there were no laws against tomb raiding and selling artifacts pilfered from ancient aboriginal graves. Although it most certainly persists on a much lower level in our times for the black market (Costa Rica banned 'huaquerismo' activities back in the mid-Eighties), on the whole, this activity has ceased to exist and our artisans are what one might call "reformed" tomb raiders.
They are left with an excellent knowledge of how such objects should look as well as, in some cases, how to 'stress' their reproductions, making them look ancient. This is a 'jaguar trophy head' (head hunter trophy)