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THBFine Tairona Tumbaga Owl Pendant Poporo
Lot 179
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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, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A charming poporo vessel shaped from sheets and wire of tumbaga containing 37% gold. The petite vessel takes the form of a owl perched atop a slender branch with clawed feet and displays a fan-shaped tail beneath with spiraling coils of tumbaga wire. The plump body presents with a pair of slender wings protruding out on either side of a cord-patterned collar, and the narrow vessel spout doubles as the bird's 'neck.' The detachable head is hollow in form and bears a pair of massive, hemispherical eyes and a nasal bridge lined with plaited strips, an aquiline beak, and a set of perky, attentive ears. Poporo containers were meant to store lime powder for use in the ingestion of coca leaves. From the earliest times, people in South America had a tradition of using coca leaves for ritual purposes. They were ingested by placing some of the leaves in the mouth and adding a small quantity of powdered lime, ground from seashells. Many poporos had elaborate zoomorphic forms, like this one. Size: 0.9" W x 1.625" H (2.3 cm x 4.1 cm); quality of tumbaga: 39% copper, 37% gold, 22.45% silver; total weight: 11.3 grams
Provenance: private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired through descent; ex-private Ventura, California, USA collection, acquired at auction and from private collections from 1965 to 1970
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#164154Owl head serves as the vessel's lid and is removable. Head is attached to body via modern stringing. Light abrasions to body and head, with a few stable hairline fissures around legs, and a couple of granular additions to tail feather spirals missing, otherwise intact and excellent. Great patina and preservation to form throughout.Condition
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