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THBMoche Carved Wood Sitting Lord w/ Shell Inlays
Lot 109
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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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2019-08-06 11:00:00
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A well-preserved wooden seated warrior lord wielding a club in one hand and a shield (comprised of spondylus and mother of pearl/nacre inlays) in the other. The figure is skillfully hand-carved and presents many beautiful shell inlays. Note his expressive visage featuring circular shell inlays (mother of pearl/nacre and spondylus) for eyes, a prominent nose, slit mouth with nasolabial folds, and a sizeable tumi-shaped headdress/coiffure. His is adorned by a shell inlay pectoral, earrings, belt, loin cloth. His throne is extensively decorated with shell inlays as well. Finally, two smaller anthropomorphic figures carved from white shell adorn the back of the throne, and the entire sculpture sits upon a circular white clamshell base. Size: 2.5" L x 2.625" W x 5.125" H (6.4 cm x 6.7 cm x 13 cm)
Warfare and warriors are recurrent themes in Moche art, a strong testimony to the violence of Moche society, which was riven by intense inter-rivalry competition. There was a ritual element to Moche warfare too: prisoners had to be captured to make sacrifices to the gods. This figure represents an elite warrior - highly decorated and dons a special tumi-headdress as opposed to the more pedestrian conical headdress.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#148244One shell inlay on pectoral and a few shell discs inlaid on the throne are missing. Some age cracks, and in general the wood shows expected wear commensurate with age. Collection label on underside of shell base.Condition
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