Vessel · Peru, Cupisnique · ID: 3036732
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Theo and Hildegard Oberle, Cologne, GermanySize
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