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Huge Nazca Polychrome Vessel with Warrior & Trophy Head

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Huge Nazca Polychrome Vessel with Warrior & Trophy Head

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Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 205 BCE to 125 CE. A very large polychrome vessel depicting a warrior in quite a dramatic state - squatting and holding a trophy head by the hair in his right hand and a serpent effigy instrument in the left hand. Nude save his loin cloth, he stares out at the viewer with wide-open eyes, his visage serving as the blind end of the stirrup, a tall cylindrical spout at the opposite end. Note the dramatic expression on the trophy head - with wide-open eyes and a pinned shut mouth. The composition is painted in a palette of red, beige, black, yellow, blue-grey, and white. Size: 7.75" in diameter x 10.5" H (19.7 cm x 26.7 cm)

Mummified trophy heads date to the pre-ceramic period in ancient Peru. Perhaps the most extensive practice of headhunting occurred along the south coast of Peru in the Nazca and Inca valleys where the early Paracas and succeeding Nazca cultures resided. Head-taking was a significant component of their warfare and religious mythology. A warrior could increase his might and status by capturing prisoners for head-taking. According to scholar Paul A. Clifford, the fact that the lips of trophy heads are pinned shut " . . . implies that head-taking might mean the acquisition of a slain enemy's power or the prevention of his soul or spirit from harming the killer. Pinning lips shut on the trophy head could inhibit the loss of the soul or power embodied within the head." (cf. Art of the Andes: Pre-Columbian Sculptured and Painted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation: Washington D.C., 1983, p. 251.)

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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Repaired from about 6 to 12 pieces. Some adhesive visible and repainting in vicinity of the break lines.

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Huge Nazca Polychrome Vessel with Warrior & Trophy Head

Name: Huge Nazca Polychrome Vessel with Warrior & Trophy Head
SKU: 66989459
Price: 750 USD
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