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THBRare Small Costa Rican Stone Metate w/ 2 Heads
Lot 179
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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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Mar 21, 2019
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2019-03-21 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a nice metate, skillfully carved and embellished with two protrusions at one end, perhaps representing anthropomorphic or zoomorphic heads, with a curved grinding tablet and a tripod base. The heads are each drilled through, though what purpose that may have served is unclear - perhaps the eyes were once inlaid with shell, stone, or precious metal? Behind the heads on the raised grinding surface is a relief carving of a thatched or woven motif. Size: 11.25" L x 5.75" W x 6.05" H (28.6 cm x 14.6 cm x 15.4 cm)
Metate technology developed initially for the utilitarian purpose of grinding corn; however, metates evolved into meaningful ritual objects, replete with strong iconography and intriguing sculptural forms. Examples of a larger scale but similar degree of decorative carving and iconographic symbolism were sometimes used to seat a departed lord on his journey to the afterlife.
Provenance: ex-Karkashian collection, collected by the late John Karkashian, who worked for the US State Department in South and Central America and formed his collection from 1957 to 1968
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#144499One leg has been repaired. Small losses from back edges, base of one foot (it still stands very well on its feet), and one side. Weathering and surface wear commensurate with age. Old felt feet protectors on surface.Condition
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