Snuff tray, Pre-Classical or Proto-Classical period, ca. 400 BC - 300 AD · Guatemala, K’iche’ Maya (Quiché) · ID: 3053021
Starting price
EUR 2,500
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27 June 1986, lot 85German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 6,5 cm
L: 16,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
L: 12.6 inch
Description
stone, ritual cuts on both sides
Probably a ritual object that was used to grind or mix paints, copal resin or hallucinogenic substances.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).