Attractive Pair of Mapuche Stone Pipes
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Description
Pre-Columbian, northern Chile, Mapuche people, ca. 1500 CE. A fabulous pair of hand-carved stone pipes, both boasting elongated forms and smooth, charcoal gray surfaces. The larger presents the shape of a lengthy cuboid with an ovoid bowl rim, a tapered lip, and a bulb-like handle. Conversely, the remaining pipe exhibits a cylindrical body that narrows to lips at both ends with a large, elevated bowl at the center. Size (of largest): 5.3" L x 0.8" W x 0.8" H (13.5 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Bettina Schwimmer collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA, collected from 1955 to 2006
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#156988
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Bettina Schwimmer collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA, collected from 1955 to 2006
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#156988
Condition
Chipping to lips of smaller pipe and bowl rim of larger. Expected light abrasions, commensurate with age and use. Otherwise, both are excellent.
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Attractive Pair of Mapuche Stone Pipes
Estimate $600 - $900
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