Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A pair of small carved stone items, one an olla-shaped bead, drilled through from the "mouth" to the base, the other shaped like the San Pedro cactus, the source of hallucinogenic drugs used in religious rituals. Size of largest (cactus): 1.8" W x 2.4" H (4.6 cm x 6.1 cm)

Published in "Chavin: Spirits, Shamans, and Hallucinogenics", Copenhagen, Denmark.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection

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  • Condition: Both have light scratching and deposits on surface commensurate with age.

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