Lot 0081C

Nazca Polychrome Pottery Olla - Trophy head

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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Olla - Trophy head

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Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. Polychrome Nazca Kero in Trophy Head Form. A flared vessel in the form of a trophy head with a relief nose and wearing a tump-line headband over a pronounced brunette coiffure with painted facial decoration including whiskers and tattoos in a polychrome scheme of red, black and cream. The modeled nose is a straight protrusion down the middle of the visage; eyelids are eerily open with beady pupils. A fine and fierce example. Size: 4" W x 3" H (10.2 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private Baker collection, New Mexico

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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Olla - Trophy head

Name: Nazca Polychrome Pottery Olla - Trophy head
SKU: 44063420
Price: 425 USD
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