Description:

Pre-Columbian, Tairona, Columbia or Venezuela, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This functioning ocarina depicts a deity seated on a jaguar throne, wearing an elaborate headdress with feathers and ornaments, fanciful necklace and collar and armlets. He sits on a throne with two exquisitely detailed jaguar heads, each decorated with incised lines and dots. A similar example is published in The Shamanic World View Exhibit, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Custom, museum-quality stand included. 3.75"H x 3.5"W at widest point x 1.5"D

Provenance: Ex-private James Byrnes collection, CA. James B. Byrnes was the first curator of modern and contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1946-1952)

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  • Condition: Minor, nearly invisible chips at periphery of headdress. Near choice

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October 24, 2014 8:00 AM MDT
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