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Moche Vessel Shaman Holding Disembodied Head

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Moche Vessel Shaman Holding Disembodied Head

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Description

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel in the form of a shaman wearing a flared headdress that doubles as a spout and holding chumbagas or healing rattles in one hand and a disembodied head in the other. A headband with zoomorphic heads sits below the headdress as a long cape drapes his shoulders and back. A beautiful example with lots of character and intrigue! Size: 5.2" L x 6.2" W x 9.8" H (13.2 cm x 15.7 cm x 24.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Jim Carroll collection, Maryland, USA, excavated or purchased in Peru in the 1960s, thence by descent to present owners

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Condition

Some nicks and abrasions to surface, as well as areas of fire darkening, but otherwise intact and excellent with nice remaining pigments. Light earthen deposits in areas.