Standing male funeral guardian figure with articulated arms · Peru, Chancay · ID: 3038650
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Danish Private Collection (acquired in the 1970’s)Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
light weighted wood (balsa tree?), separate carved arms attached by cord, the face painted in red (haematite), wearing net turban and woven geometric pattern textile headband, brown cotton poncho around shoulders, inset shell eyes with brown pottery pupils, some old dormant insect loss around his jaw and neck, fine cracks, base
Comparing literature
Hoffmann, Ulrich, Faszination Alt-Amerika, Stuttgart 2002, p. 134 Purini, Sergio & André Emmerich, La sculpture en bois dans l'ancien Pérou, Paris 2006, p. 166 f.