Zemanek-Münster

Vessel

Peru, Cupisnique
sold EUR 900
Provenance
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

brown clay, spherical body with stylized owl face, several circular repairs, round missing part at the bottom, slight traces of abrasion;
nocturnal owls are often linked to shamanic activity.


Expertise

Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Nr. 1273, 19.12.1978 liegt vor

Comparing literature

Stone-Miller, Rebecca, Seeing with new eyes, Atlanta 2002, p. 222, ill. 506

Subscribe to our newsletter

Join over 10,000 tribal art collectors. Don't miss out on upcoming news and auctions.

Subscribe today