Rare shapely ritual club · Venezuela / Brazil, Orinoco-Parima culture, Ye'kuana (Yekuana / Yequana) · ID: 3048309
sold
EUR 3,400
Size
L: 99,5 cm
L: 39.2 inch
Description
wood, Pineapple lucidus fibres,
The Ye’kuana (also Maquiritare) are a South American indigenous tribe settled in the tropical rainforest in the area of the Orinoco and Río Caura rivers in the border region of Venezuela and Brazil.
The two figures squatting back to back above the handle represent a great shaman and his wife, who also had magic powers.
The object Rare shapely ritual club with the object ID 3048309 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 58 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,400 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Orinoko-Parima, Indianische Gesellschaften aus Venezuela, Bonn 2000, p. 107 f.