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THBMaya Pottery Whistle - Standing Warrior
Lot 12d
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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
Dec 6, 2018
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2018-12-06 10:00:00
2018-12-06 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : DAY 2 : Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Fine Art
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/day-2-pre-columbian-ethnographic-fine-art-3699
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-dy auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A wonderfully detailed figural whistle in the form of a standing elite person wearing an incredible outfit - long robes and a huge zoomorphic headdress, possibly representing a jaguar. This high status outfit would have been immediately recognizable to the Maya people, who would then have known who this whistle is meant to represent. We know that Classic Maya rulers often took jaguar names, like Shield-Jaguar and Bird-Jaguar at Yaxchilan, that Maya gods and kings wore jaguar skin clothing, and that Spanish colonialists reported that there was a "Spokesman of the Jaguar" who wore a jaguar skin (a fun job if you could get it!). This figure, therefore, probably represents a king or a god. The figure is clearly made in two halves in a mold; the Late Classic period marked new developments in technology and more complex and lifelike human depictions for Mayan artwork. Figural whistles like these have been found archaeologically in household contexts, perhaps representing a souvenir from visiting a holy site. Size: 4.45" W x 7.2" H (11.3 cm x 18.3 cm)
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#143015Repaired from two pieces at center. Repair is well done and difficult to see, especially from the front. One side of the headdress has a small loss, but otherwise the figure is in nice condition, with well preserved details.Condition
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