Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built set of pottery pan pipes with highly burnished, red-orange surfaces and a distinctly tapered body. The musical instrument features 8 cylindrical pipes of varying lengths that perhaps was able to product a full octave of notes at one time. Pan pipes like this example were used during ceremonial gatherings so individuals could better communicate with the spirit realm. Size: 4.3" W x 11.8" H (10.9 cm x 30 cm); 12.6" H (32 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired November 1, 2006; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Massachusetts, USA collection

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#164296

  • Condition: Small chips to upper rims of 5 pipes, with minor abrasions to surfaces of pipe body, otherwise intact and very good. Great surface smoothness throughout. Pipes still produce different notes when air is blown across them.

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