Ancient Art from All Cultures
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Massive Shipibo Pottery Olla
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Vintage Arts:
Regional Art:
Pre 1920 item# 1139629 (stock# bd)
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Artemis Gallery Ancient World Art
(720) 890-7700
$1,295.00
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Big. REALLY BIG! If you are looking for an "attention getter," this is the one! From the Shipibo Tribe of eastern Peru, at the headwaters of the Amazon, dating ca. 1950. This incredible olla is the type used by the natives to handle their cooking and probably has its roots in the vessels used to cook early explorers and missionaries. Extraordinary olla painted in traditional colors of creme, bricks, black and deep orange with large tattooed human face on one side - face with expre ...click for details
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Wonderful Shapibo Shallow Pottery Bowl
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Vintage Arts:
Regional Art:
Pre 1920 item# 1139623 (stock# bd)
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Artemis Gallery Ancient World Art
(720) 890-7700
SOLD
$595.00
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Not ancient, but a truly fascinating culture! Eastern slope of Peru, Amazonian highlands, Ca 1950 to 1975. Large and beautifully crafted pottery bowl from the Shipibo Tribe who live along the Río Ucayali and nearby oxbow lake. Numbering only 35,000 living members, the Shipibo create some of the most spectacular pottery vessels made anywhere. This large shallow bowl is decorated in tan slip with brown/black and deep orange geometric designs culminating in the form of two human faces each on o ...click for details
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