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THBRare La Tolita Carved Bone Figure - Mummified Lord-King
Lot 125
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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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Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco) culture, ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A depiction of a mummified lord-king, hand-carved from the bone of an ungulate. The figure is shown in a seated position, with legs bent and curled tightly beneath a slender torso, and both hands folded in prayer in front of his chest. The lord-king's delicate face displays several shallow incised linear details, perhaps indicative of ritual facial scarification marks, with an open mouth and blank eyes indicative of being deceased. The lord-king dons an intricate headdress resembling a trophy head who itself wears a coiling snake with a stylized face. Figural bone carvings like this example are exceptionally rare, making this an outstanding example from ancient Ecuador! Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 3.375" H (8.6 cm); 5" H (12.7 cm) on included custom stand.
The artistic creations from the Ecuadorian culture of La Tolita / Tumaco were some of the finest in ancient South America. Many wood and bone figurines, ceramic creations, and stone carvings depicted naturalistic details seldom observed in Pre-Columbian artwork, with almost all of them exhibiting ear ornamentation, nose rings, large pectorals, or other forms of fine embellishments. La Tolita artisans crafted simple yet effective stone tools to shape hard substances into recognizable forms, which also increased their proficiency in carving semi-precious stones as well. The La Tolita were also incredibly resourceful, making works of art from bone, shell, and non-precious stones.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hirsch collection, Germany
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#132529Age-commensurate surface wear, fading to some carved features, small nicks to face, headdress, and bottom portion, with some discoloration, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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