Pre-Columbian 15 inch tall Female Jalisco Terracotta with tattoo figure

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Pre-Columbian Female Jalisco Terracotta with tattoo figure – NOT experts so feel free to send your opinions…we have had this in our shop for 40 years it came out of a NYC estate where most of the items went to auction – the heirs kept some of the smaller items and we bought the whole lot back in 1985. She is 15 inches tall by 8 inches wide – numerous cracks and chips as the photos show and clearly pieced back together.  Weighs 7.5 pounds.

The lot included some Civil War militia items, a rare Cartier clock and a Warner Brothers pewter prop.  The militia and Cartier items all sold in the past and were proven to be authentic.  Through the years we have had so called ‘experts’ look at this figure  and opinions ranged from it’s nothing to it’s valuable – we know a lot about a lot of things but this historical era is not in our realm.  Just being honest.  So we are selling this AS IS! Could be a genuine artifact from this time period or perhaps it is not.