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THBRare Moche Copper Finial w/ Mating Deer
Lot 20b
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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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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, much more. All items have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. A stunning copper finial or top of a tupu, with two deer surmounted on the tip. The deer are in the midst of mating, one is mounting the other. Both are complete with large ears, and the male has antlers and prominent genitalia. They stand on an integral pedestal with the short, flat rod extending below them. Fine layers of green patina envelop the composition. This copper piece may have been a tupu - a pin used to secure a textile tunic - and if so, this likely made quite a statement piece for an outfit! Size: 1.375" W x 6" H (3.5 cm x 15.2 cm); 7" H (17.8 cm) on included custom stand.
A recurring theme in Moche artwork is the "deer hunt" (Caza del Venato), when nobles, elaborately dressed, hunted the animals with nets, spears, and clubs, catching them as sacrifices whose blood would be used for ritual purposes. The deer's shedding of its antlers, seen as symbolic of the yearly cycle of the harvest, was a major part of this conception. The mating deer motif likely held similar symbolic fertility meaning.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s
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#162984Loss to tip of rod as shown. Loss to legs of deer and softening of details. Nicks and surface pitting. Heavy green patina!Condition
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