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THBChavin Stone Jar w/ Cactus-Like Protrusions
Lot 115
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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, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning jar of a sizable form, hand-carved from speckled vermilion-hued stone with dark inclusions. The cylindrical body has a round but stable base, tall walls, a rounded rim with an incised groove, and a deep interior cavity. The exterior of the body is decorated with thirty-three conical protrusions - each representing a cactus needle - arranged into eleven columns. The style of this vessel probably represents the San Pedro cactus, whose branches contain a hallucinogenic substance that was likely utilized for rituals and making traditional medicines. Size: 6" W x 5.7" H (15.2 cm x 14.5 cm)
The Chavin civilization developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru from 900 to 200 BCE in the Mosna Valley where the Huachecsa and Mosna rivers merge. The most famous archaeological ruin of the Chavin culture is Chavin de Huantar. Believed to have been built around 900 BCE, this religious center is now a UNESCO world heritage site.
Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection; ex-Jose Arias collection, collected in the early 20th c and brought to Argentina by his grandfather, then to the US in the 1970s
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#150157Minor nicks to base, some conical protrusions, and rim, with light abrasions to base and body, and minor encrustations within basin, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and great surface smoothness throughout.Condition
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