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THBChavin Stone Mortar w/ Jaguar Heads & Oxford Evaluation
Lot 16a
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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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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A thick-walled, black stone mortar, a vessel for grinding hallucinogenic substances. Its body is decorated with a repeated series of relief, highly abstract jaguar head motifs. The base is nearly flat and the sides are fully carved, with a thick rim at the top. The jaguar heads mirror each other, with their upper fangs interlocking, giving the impression of one mouth between two eyes and spiral-shaped ears. Size: 3.75" W x 4.2" H (9.5 cm x 10.7 cm)
The Chavin people lived in the northern Highland Andes, and their capital, Chavin de Huantar, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The artwork of Chavin represents the first widespread style in the Andes. The center of Chavin de Huantar is 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 stelae 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, ground in mortars 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.
Accompanied by evaluation report by Dr. A.T.N. Bennett of Oxford Conservation and Technical Services(London, September 2008).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany - Accompanied by an extensive evaluation at Oxford Conservation and Technical Services by Dr. A.T.N. Bennett (September 2008).
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#148474Intact, with wear commensurate with age including some small chips and nicks, but excellent preservation of form and detail.Condition
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