Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. A well-preserved wooden implement carved with a standing deity with a double-crescent headdress. The face is highly stylized, but big, round earrings are clearly represented at the sides of the head. Lightly incised motifs of crosses and lines are down the wide, flat, base. Who is the person portrayed? It may represent a living person of rank, an honorary portrayal of a deceased person used to accompany a mummy bundle, an ancestor, or even a god. This wooden implement was probably used in the preparation of hallucinogenic drugs for religious rituals. Size: 1.55" W x 10.5" H (3.9 cm x 26.7 cm); 11.45" H (29.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#142971

  • Condition: Base of implement has some losses, as shown. Surface wear commensurate with age, with some light deposits on the surface.

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