2 Colima Shell Purging Stick Pendants - Wearable

Lot 206

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages by Artemis Gallery

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

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Aug 19, 2021

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Lot Description

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An attractive pair of pendants, hand-carved from creamy white shells, both suggesting zoomorphic creatures, such as alligators or lizards. The larger pendant features a pointed snout, shallow cavities for nostrils, and two eye sockets on the sides. The body curves slightly, with sting cut lines indicating legs, and terminates at a pointed tail. The other pendant is more abstract with a narrow tail, square body, and three knobs indicating the head and limbs of the creature. Both have hand-drilled perforations pierced through the upper third for suspension. Given the shape, the larger may have been used by shamans as a purging stick, prompting a literal physical purging as well as a symbolic spiritual purging during certain ceremonies. These symbolic pendants are wearable and strung on modern cords with silver-plated lobster clasps. Size of large pendant: 4.675" L x 0.75" W (11.9 cm x 1.9 cm); small pendant: 3.25" L x 0.75" W (8.3 cm x 1.9 cm); cord lengths: 20" L (50.8 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#165659

Condition

Loss to tail of larger pendant. Natural shell pitting and ossification. Smaller pendant is intact. Both wearable and strung on modern cords.
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