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THBFine Inca Stone Fortress Game Board
Lot 84
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru and Ecuador, Inca Empire, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. An intriguing example of a hand-carved stone game board in the form of a Chimu or Inca fortress depicting a pair of elevated compartments flanking a central ovoid receptacle. The main fortress compound below doubles as the actual game board where 18 petite hemispherical wells surround 4 rectangular compartments in the middle. Though the objective and name of the game are unclear, scholars have some general ideas on how and why the game was played. The game, known as tauva, chuke, or kima among its more popular names, was played in the high Andes regions to pass time and vie for crucial resources during the challenging wintery months. Playing the game involved casting carved-wooden 'dice' in a rapid manner to perhaps move game pieces from one end of the board to another, and winning the game by one or more players symbolically multiplied the resources and increased the spiritual favors of everyone in the community. Size: 10" L x 6.8" W x 2.1" H (25.4 cm x 17.3 cm x 5.3 cm); 3.1" H (7.9 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from the 1950s to the 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#160670Restoration to scattered areas of peripheries and some areas of interior game compartments, with resurfacing and overpainting along new materials and break lines. Nicks and abrasions along peripheries and some carved elements, with light encrustations in some areas. Smooth surface textures throughout.Condition
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