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THB11 Sican-Lambayeque Silver Pectoral Components
Lot 117a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A stunning ensemble of 11 pectoral components, 9 of a convex, discoid form and 2 in the shape of maskettes, all skillfully hammered from silver sheets to exhibit elaborate relief decoration. Each discoid presents the image of a seabird in profile catching a stingray upon a stippled ground. Traditionally intended to represent the Sican Deity, the avian animals each display sizeable eyes, tucked wings, and a lengthy beak in which they grasp the nose of the lozenge-shaped sea creature. Alternatively, the maskettes exhibit delineated pupils, straight noses, ovoid mouths, and huge ears with stippled adornments. Each is framed by a flat headdress and striped pectoral with an undulating periphery. Size of largest (Deity maskette): 1.6" W x 2" H (4.1 cm x 5.1 cm); (case): 17.5" L x 2.1" W x 12.3" H (44.4 cm x 5.3 cm x 31.2 cm); silver quality: 94.1%
Note how one maskette has ellipsoid eyes yet the other's eyes are winged; indicating that this maskette may represent the Sican Deity as winged eyes were a defining feature of the god. Pectoral components like these would have been sewn into the clothing of a high-ranked noble or priest.
Most of what we know about Sican comes from a large area called the Batan Grande Archaeological Complex, a huge ceremonial and cemetery site for a little-understood ancient civilization. Building pyramids that rise over 40 m high and thousands of tombs, the Sican occupied this region for a lengthy period. Fabulous finds - often containing gold and silver objects - mark out the graves of the ancient elite. These tombs were filled with human sacrifices, mantles made of shell and feathers, lapis lazuli, cinnabar, scepters, arrows, effigy jars, and vessels like these probably once were.
Provenance: ex-Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii, USA, before 2010
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#173431All are originally from a larger pectoral. Some light bending, but forms and imagery are still clear. Otherwise, each are intact and excellent with impressive preservation and light patina. Accompanied by modern case.Condition
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