Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built terracotta plaque of a trapezoidal form with nicely-formed corners and a lightly-convex verso. The obverse face displays a beautiful program of nine abstract standing human figures as well as a trio of abstract alpacas among a field of stippling, all decorated with mica-based pigment in red, blue, and white hues atop the light-brown ground. Plaques like this were placed as offerings to Pacha Mama and Pacha Papa (Mother and Father Earth) to ensure health among the livestock and among human inhabitants of the clan. Comes with attached hook for hanging. Size: 7.4" W x 6.95" H (18.8 cm x 17.7 cm).

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hillberg collection, California, USA

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#140993

  • Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions to peripheries, corners, and both faces, with fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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