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THBChavin Bone Drug Spatula - Half Man, Half Jaguar
Lot 77
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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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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A hand-carved bone spatula with an incredible carving of a half man, half jaguar face on one end. The other end has been hollowed out, with much of the bone removed to create a smooth, gently concave scooping surface. The decorated end is densely carved, terminating in the face, with its wide eye, gritted teeth, and two-faced appearance. Behind the head are glyph-like decorations, the lower profile areas filled in with a pale red cinnabar pigment. Comes in a modern presentation case. Size: 1" W x 6.5" H (2.5 cm x 16.5 cm); 6.7" H (17 cm) on included custom stand.
Spatulas like this one were used in the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs, a crucial component of Chavin religious practice. The symbolism of the half-man, half-jaguar figure was important to the Chavin people. The center of their major urban center is Chavin de Huantar, a massive, flat-topped pyramid, surrounded by lower platforms. Between 1200 and 500 BCE the pyramid space was used for religious ceremonies. The Old Temple, constructed very early in the history of the site, consists of a series of passageways built around a circular courtyard; within were carved stone monuments showing jaguars, serpents, and other figures with transformative and/or anthropomorphic figures. At the very center is a towering stone stela depicting an anthropomorphic figure with a jaguar head and a human body, believed to be Lanzon, the chief deity of Chavin. Researchers believe that worshippers ingested hallucinogenic drugs, in part using spoons like this one, and then were led in the dark through the labyrinthine passageways before entering the central courtyard and coming abruptly face-to-face with the snarling features of the god.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Westermann collection, Germany
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#123891Expertly repaired and restored breaks on lower end of spatula. Wear commensurate with age overall, notably on one side of the face.Condition
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