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Chavin / Recuay Stone Snuff Palette (for Coca or Lime)

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Chavin / Recuay Stone Snuff Palette (for Coca or Lime)
Chavin / Recuay Stone Snuff Palette (for Coca or Lime)
Item Details
Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin or Recuay ca. 900 to 400 BCE. Carved compacted limestone snuff palette of the type used for either coca or lime inhalation. Having a tapered handle and rectangular grinding area with carved geometric borders and circular depression. Two zoomorphic finials having drilled suspension holes between their legs. The reverse is carved with two semiabstract human figures. Drilled suspension at the base of the handle. Remains of original pigment. Size: 2.5" W x 4.5" H (6.4 cm x 11.4 cm); 6.75" H (17.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-Arte Primitivo, Fine Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art #111, September 22, 2023, lot 278; ex-private Scheifele collection, Connecticut, USA

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#182268
Condition
Loss to head of right-side creature, small scratches else quite excellent.
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Chavin / Recuay Stone Snuff Palette (for Coca or Lime)

Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
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Starting Price $700
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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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