Help with big head Mayan/Aztec(?) plaster bookends?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    This is the final thing I found at my local thrift store yesterday. I've googled large head/large face plaster aztec, mayan bookends but couldn't find anything like these. Has anyone seen these before?
    Are they Aztec? Mayan? S. American? What should I call them?
    They are some of the most unusual bookends I've seen!
    Thank you for any info!

    COLLECTIBLE BOOKENDS AZTEC MEXICAN MAYAN PLASTER 1A_AA.JPG COLLECTIBLE BOOKENDS AZTEC MEXICAN MAYAN PLASTER 1AA.JPG COLLECTIBLE BOOKENDS AZTEC MEXICAN MAYAN PLASTER 2AA.JPG COLLECTIBLE BOOKENDS AZTEC MEXICAN MAYAN PLASTER 3AA.JPG COLLECTIBLE BOOKENDS AZTEC MEXICAN MAYAN PLASTER 4AA.JPG
     
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  2. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

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    reader, i need help and komokwa like this.
  3. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Really?! Why would you make bookends in the form of a funeral urn?
    And they must be somewhat mass produced right? I don't think these are hand made?
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    all the open bubbles on the back show it to be a mold......
     
    komokwa, Jan 6, 2021
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    Lucille.b and i need help like this.
  5. i need help

    i need help Well-Known Member

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  6. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    Decorative molded bookends. Vintage Mexican Ethnic Artsy Bookends. They’re of some age IMO meaning 60s/70s forward. If you’re selling online I would suggest caution at using the term Zapotec which implies preColumbian. Just went to Oaxaca before the shutdown and OMG on Tamayo’s museum which houses his preColumbian collection.
     
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