Pre-Columbian Face Fragment photo on paper The interior rim on the

The interior rim on the underside of the lid also shows some chips

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of an artist

and one small tear in the print at top center

and I have had no luck finding another at all like it

I’d frame them

Pre-Columbian Face Fragment photo on paper The interior rim on theI know from the seller in Virginia I purchased this from that it came from the personal collection of a senior curator at the Smithsonian who died about 15 years ago. I am confident it is Pre Columbian, Central South American. It is just a small fragment, but I find the face wonderfully expressive, with a great sense of soulfulness and also immediacy about it, with the open mouth feeling as if crying out with some urgency across many hundreds of