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THBRare Tiahuanaco Stone Maskette
Lot 182
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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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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! All categories, all price ranges.. all legal Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku), Middle Horizon, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. An evocative, richly decorated basalt maskette, carved with a thick headband, a heavy brow, square eyes, a thick nose that divides the face into the planes of the forehead and cheeks, and a small, ovoid mouth with thick lips. The surface of the face and the headband are incised with symmetrical motifs that show zoomorphs on the lower cheeks and a human face surrounded by zoomorphs on the headband. Size: 3.55" W x 4.3" H (9 cm x 10.9 cm); 5.25" H (13.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Tiahuanaco stone carving is often like this, with densely ornate incised designs. This is a style associated with the Middle Horizon in the Andes, a fascinating time period of new urban capitals in the highlands of Peru (the Huari/Wari) and near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia (Tiahuanaco). As the cities grew, this iconography spread. It was first documented by archaeologists at Tiahuanaco (and called Coast Tiahuanaco and Epigonal), but because that city seems to have been the center of a vast empire, the artistic style has since been found far and wide and is more accurately called the SAIS (Southern Andean Iconographic Series). This style is repeated on architectural features, small stone carvings like this maskette, pottery, and textiles throughout the Tiahuanaco region of influence, which extended far south from the city into the Atacama of modern day Chile.
Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#147127Bottom of chin is lost. Surface is weathered but nice detail remains.Condition
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