Snuff tray, Pre-Classical or Proto-Classical period, ca. 400 BC - 300 AD · Guatemala, K’iche’ Maya (Quiché) · ID: 3053021
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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.
The object Snuff tray, Pre-Classical or Proto-Classical period, ca. 400 BC - 300 AD with the object ID 3053021 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 40.
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