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Exceptionally Rare Chavin Pottery Mask

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Chavin Culture, Jequetepeque River, Peru , 1200-1000 BC Important & Large Mask in Earth Colored Tones with Red Cinnabar High Lights on Face. It has Coffee Bean Eyes, Finely Sculpted Nose, its Mouth is having Jaguar Teeth making it a Transformation Mask. This most likely is one of the First Tranformation Mask’s depicting Aiapec, the Jaguar God ( very prominent in the Later Mochica Culture ). A truly Powerful Image of Great Spirtual Significance: Shaman in Transformation to Jaguar. TL test included. 13" W by 8" H.

Provenance: Ex-Westermann Coll. Germany

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Great condition, slight loss on back.

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Exceptionally Rare Chavin Pottery Mask

Name: Exceptionally Rare Chavin Pottery Mask
SKU: 17900895
Price: 8500 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $8,500 - $15,000

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