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THBHuge Costa Rican Stone Metate
Lot 85a
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Apr 25, 2019
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2019-04-25 10:00:00
2019-04-25 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Pre-Columbian | Tribal | Ethnographic
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An exceedingly large ceremonial metate carved from volcanic stone, with a round-cornered, rectangular table/seat, numerous looped forms attached to the underside of the seat, supported upon three legs. This metate represents one of the most unusual traditions of the ancient Americas. Metates were initially created to grind foods such as corn, certainly a utilitarian purpose; however, they evolved into meaningful ritual objects, replete with strong iconography and intriguing sculptural forms which transformed these objects into much more than a tool. Given the enormous scale and intriguing embellishent of loop attachments to this piece, it was probably intended as a throne of sorts for an elite ruler(s) or to seat a departed lord on his journey to the afterlife. The size and work involved to create this metate suggests a ceremonial function. The looped ornaments may be related to the identity of the owner the piece or the ritual in which the metate was used. Size: 15" L x 37.125" W x 7.5" H (38.1 cm x 94.3 cm x 19 cm)
Provenance: collection of the late Alfred E. Stendahl, Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
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#126388Seat repaired from several large pieces and areas of loss to peripheries as shown. Legs reattached and in the process cleaned, so some of the original pigment has been removed.Condition
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