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Mapuche Stone Tobacco Pipe W/ Geometric Motif

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Mapuche Stone Tobacco Pipe W/ Geometric Motif

Item Details

Description

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**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, southwestern Argentina or south-central Chile, Mapuche people, ca. 1500 CE. An attractive Mapuche pipe, hand-carved from a single piece of volcanic stone and enveloped in a lovely shade of taupe. Boasting a lovely smooth surface, this ancient vessel presents with a narrow, tubular mouthpiece and flat, rectangular body that is corseted just before its raised circular rim. The end of the pipe is incised with two vertical striations, while its body is intricately adorned with a lattice motif and triangular design along the top of its body and the sides of its rim. Pipes like this one also seem to have been favored gifts given between different cultural groups throughout ancient Chile, and styles made in different regions have been found far from their origins. Size: 3.625" L x 1" W x 1" H (9.2 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Bettina Schwimmer collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA, collected from 1955-2006

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#156986

Condition

Collection label on base. Very minor chip to top, as well as left side. Expected light scratches with some miniscule nicks and abrasions to sides. Otherwise, intact and excellent with lovely earthen deposits in recessed areas.

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