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THBRare Paracas Woven Reed Weaver Basket w/ Contents
Lot 74a
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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
Oct 11, 2018
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2018-10-11 10:00:00
2018-10-11 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A large basket comprised of woven reeds and containing a myriad of items used by ancient Paracas weavers. The contents of the basket include: two small and one large natural cotton twine balls; one gourd bowl painted with abstract geometric motifs; a painted pottery fragment with a large, incised smiling face; a set of copper-silver tweezers; a long silver spoon and two copper probes; one hollow gourd container; a woven cotton textile coca bag; two long wooden spools, one wound with brown cotton thread and one bare; thirty-eight wooden needles with attached pottery spindle whorls and twenty-five needles without spindle whorls; two thick wooden sticks, one with a knob end; and twenty-one loose pottery spindle whorls. Most of these tools would have been used by textile artisans to create their elegant and labor-intensive works of art. A fascinating collection from ancient Peru! Size (basket): 15" L x 8" W x 6" H (38.1 cm x 20.3 cm x 15.2 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private H. J. Westermann collection, Germany
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#139309Pottery shard is a fragment of larger item. Small losses to basket, textile bag, some needles, and some spindle whorls. Some separation to tweezers at joint. All items have surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, light abraded surfaces, minor fading to coloration (where applicable), and some small nicks. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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