Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023
A Chavin bone implement
A Chavin bone implement
Peru, circa 900 - 400 BC
with carved decoration of a fanged head and a toothed snout with wave scrolls, the back with a mask and a scoop, with traces of red, green and black pigment,
10cm long, on a stand,
a Maya engraved shell fragment, 12.5cm wide, with a stand, a shell pendant, carved and pierced animal decoration, 8.5cm long, a Taino shell figure pendant, with a horned mask and pierced through the neck, the back with the remians of a collection number D. 65.13., 6cm high, and a bone handle with incised diaper, zig-zag and triangle decoration, 13cm long. (8)
Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.