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THBHuge Nazca Polychrome Bowl w/ Centipede or Serpent
Lot 244
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. An impressively sizeable, hand-built polychrome bowl presenting a magnificent centipede/serpentine creature 'flying' around the perimeter with a smiling face - its long tongue suggesting that it is a trophy head taster, its hands with five fingers - even an opposable thumb, and a long spiked body with abstract contents. Interestingly, the body resembles that of the so-called Serpentine Creature whose body is traditionally filled with trophy heads; the contents of this body are more abstract, perhaps representing the streaming blood of said trophy heads. All is delineated in a beautiful color palette of russet red, sienna brown, chocolate brown, and creamy beige. Size: 10.375" in diameter x 5.125" H (26.4 cm x 13 cm)
Disembodied "trophy" heads were very popular motifs in Nazca artwork. Archaeological evidence shows that these stylized depictions were based on real rituals - over one hundred mummified trophy heads have been found from Nazca excavations, almost all with a puncture to the front of the skull for suspension. Archaeologists specializing in this culture continue to argue over the significance of these heads in Nazca culture. Were these intended to represent warriors fallen in battle? The idea of taking the power of enemies by assuming ownership of a crucial part of their bodies? A remembrance of deceased relatives? The questions remain and are so intriguing.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Westermann Collection, Germany, acquired in 1960's
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#150792Professionally repaired from multiple pieces with restoration over the break lines. This is very well done and difficult to see. Scattered deposits most visible on interior.Condition
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