Description:

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 500 CE. A rare and stunning carved-wooden sculpture of tall, rectangular form depicting a mother embracing her child. Minimalistic and highly stylized, the standing female presents a haunting visage of two almond-shaped, hollow eyes, a straight, incised mouth, and a pointed chin on a flat-topped, narrow head. Her trapezoidal hands reach out from her sides to hold the child, who turns his back to the viewer and faces his mother. The child displays long, attenuated legs, a slightly projecting posterior, a rectangular body, and a square head. A border surrounds the head of the mother, suggesting that she may be wearing a hooded robe. Size: 8.5" W x 33.125" H (21.6 cm x 84.1 cm); 35" H (88.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950-1960s

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#161501

  • Condition: Collection label on verso of stand. Stable surface fissure on front running from base to top of child's head and another smaller one on verso near base. Expected surface wear as shown with nicks/chips and abrasions commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent and intact.

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