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THBPublished Narino Gold Disc - Coca Chewer - 23.7 g
Lot 124c
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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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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2 Ethnographic Tribal Fossils
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional ethnographic art from around the world. Today's sale will feature Pre-Columbian from the ancient americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, and incredible Fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. A huge gold disc featuring a human face with a bulge of coca in one cheek. The gold is 73% pure (equivalent to 15K+). The face has a large, round coiffure, ear ornaments, and a ring under the nose. The facial features are simple, and the figure has a heavy brow and pronounced chin. Encircling the head is a raised ring and then a flat border; the ring is pierced through at its top, presumably to make the disc wearable. The ingestion of coca is associated in ancient South American societies with a transformative state and this face, with its narrowed eyes, seems to suggest a trance. Size: 3.75" W (9.5 cm); 4.75" H (12.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Published in "Capturing The Sun, Master Craftsmen of Ancient Mesoamerica'", gallery exhibition, October 2017, no 27. Interestingly, it is previously from the collection of Jerrie Cobb (Geraldyn M. Cobb), one of the "Mercury 13", the women who trained to be the first astronauts but ultimately were denied the chance by the US government. Following that, Ms. Cobb, an accomplished and record-setting pilot, spent 30 years doing missionary work in South America, including pioneering air routes over the Andes Mountains and Amazon Rainforest.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Jerrie Cobb Foundation - Geraldyn M. Cobb was one of the famous "Mercury 13".
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#146344Very slight bending to form. Light patina on surface. Beautiful preservation of motifs.Condition
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