Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023
A Chimu implement / sceptre
A Chimu implement / sceptre
Peru, circa 1100 - 1400 AD
the burnt blade to an open rattle handle, containing seeds, with a finial carved as a seated monkey holding an object to its mouth,
51cm long, on a stand,
and a Chimu weaving shuttle, Peru, circa 1100 - 1400 AD, carved a figure wearing a headdress, with a pierced pointed base having a slot with two clay spheres, 37cm long. (3)
Provenance
shuttle - Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art, 18 September 2019, lot 1002.
Romy Rey Collection, London.