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THBVenezuelan Tairona Stone Batwing Pectoral
Lot 127f
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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 classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, found in Venezuela, traded from the Colombian Tairona culture, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A fascinating example of a "batwing" pectoral, so-called because of its resemblance to the flying mammal, although the actual meaning of its form is unknown. The stone is of a beautiful gunmetal blue-grey hue with light and dark inclusions. The 'wings' widen at their terminals, with a trapezoidal 'head' projecting up from between the sloped shoulders. Items of this general shape have been found from southern Mexico to Venezuela as well as on some islands in the Caribbean, often found in caches of other stone artifacts buried under floors of houses and temples. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 6.3" L x 1.625" W (16 cm x 4.1 cm).
The Kogi and Ica people, who are direct descendants of the Tairona, wear similar items as rattles, attached to the elbows of dancers. They may have been used similarly in the pre-Columbian era. However, this stone example - like many - lacks any drilled holes for attachment, and so archaeologists have suggested that the stone items were symbolic representations of wooden ornaments, created to be funerary offerings, similar to the ritually cached stone celts also common in this culture.
Provenance: private West Palm Beach, Florida, USA collection, acquired via inheritance from the collection of Louis L. Scher, found in Venezuela during the 1960s and 1970s
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#145088Small losses to one tip of head, with minor nicks to peripheries, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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