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THBTairona Terracotta Whistling Staff w/ Coatimundi
Lot 106i
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A fine example of a hand-built pottery staff of a tall form surmounted by an abstract, hollow coatimundi with a petite whistle atop its back. The slender staff body is hollow on the interior and is incised with dense linear and spiraling bands on the exterior. The coatimundi lays recumbent with legs tucked beneath its bulbous body, peers forward with bulging hemispherical eyes above the protruding jaw and toothy mouth and exhibits a bifurcated tail beneath an abstract incised symbol. The separation between the interior cavities of the body and coatimundi suggests it was meant to be mounted atop a longer, thinner pole. The whistle produces a high-pitched sound when air is blown across the tone hole. An attractive example of an ancient aerophone! Size: 1.6" W x 9.8" H (4.1 cm x 24.9 cm); 9.875" H (25.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000
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#153784Repaired from multiple pieces, with minor restoration along some areas of upper staff body and coatimundi, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, and coatimundi, with light encrustations within some incised areas, and minor darkening to some areas of body. Light earthen deposits throughout. Whistle produces high-pitched sound when played.Condition
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