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THBExceptional Veracruz Pottery Staff - Jaguar Shaman
Lot 51
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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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2019-10-03 10:00:00
2019-10-03 10:00:00
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A heavy ceramic staff finial or possibly boundary marker, capped by a jaguar-like shaman figure standing perched atop a T-shaped stand with a stake at its base. The figure has a short snout, four huge fangs, and a long, extended tongue. Giant ears, each perforated as if they once held earrings of precious metal or feathers, adorn the sides of the head, while a headdress with a single raised horn - often a signifier of shamanism - perches atop the wrinkled brow. The figure wears a large pectoral and nothing else. Its hands are extended, the fingers delineated by massive, jaguar-like claws. The figure crouches as if engaged in a dance. Size: 3.4" W x 13.6" H (8.6 cm x 34.5 cm); 14.7" H (37.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Who did this figure represent? Excavations near the modern Mexican town of Remojadas have revealed two types of impressive, detailed pottery figures from the Veracruz period: the Sonrientes, the joyous "smiling faces", and figures like this one, more serious, with elaborate costumes, themes, and sometimes props that all seem to point towards religious or political ceremonies. These figures are often found with the bodies broken into pieces but the heads largely intact, as scholars believe they were ritually destroyed as burial offerings.
Provenance: ex-Merrin Gallery, New York, USA; ex-private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection, formed around 1960
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#148169Repaired in multiple places - at the neck, buttocks, hands, feet, and upper part of the staff - with repairs well done and unobtrusive. Excellent deposits on surface. Small loss to headdress and to claws.Condition
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