Pre-Columbian Face Fragment photo on paper with the lack of indices

with the lack of indices (numbers) and the square corners dating these to the 19th century for sure

and just a fun one

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

Produced in Austria

Pre-Columbian Face Fragment photo on paper with the lack of indicesI 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