Wooden strut with figural finial · Peru, northern coast, Chancay · ID: 3038626
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, fragmentary staff with three square holes, old collection numbers handwritten in white paint “S-30” and “GPI/60”, remains of an old paper label as well, base;
for a long time such staffs were thought to be weaving parts (uprights for a loom). Possibly they served as uprights for carrycots. Cords would have been passed through the holes to form a trellis to support the child. They might have been previously used in the construction of the back of a litter. Of course, no interpretation is really satisfying when not supported by an archeological context.
L’objet Wooden strut with figural finial avec l’ID d’objet 3038626 a fait partie de l’enchère 80th Tribal Art Auction en 27 juin 2015 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 137.
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Littérature comparée
Purini, Sergio & André Emmerich, La sculpture en bois dans l'ancien Pérou, Paris 2006, ill. 42