Vessel ·  Peru, Cupisnique · ID: 3036732

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.

The object Vessel with the object ID 3036732 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 98 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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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