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Pre-Columbian Stirrup Vessel of a Coca Chewer, Salinar browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Pre AD 1000: Item # 537187
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The Early Horizon period (about 850 B.C. to 100 A.D.) marked Peru's greatest developments in weaving, pottery, agriculture, religion and architecture. Although we tend to think of the later Moche, Nazca, and Chimu cultures when we think of superb Andean pottery, these cultures all owe a debt to an earlier ceramic tradition developed by the Salinar between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D. Salinar ceramics show advanced firing techniques, sculptural forms characterized by graceful, long spouts and stirrup handles, and the use of well-prepared clay slips that precisely oxidized to the even orange color associated with Salinar output. Although short-lived and poorly understood, the Salinar culture has an important place in Peruvian history as an artistic bridge between the earliest Chavin output and the high arts of the later Moche.
This big anthropomorphic stirrup vessel was formed in the shape of a coca chewer with a pronounced underbite. (Coca chewing is still a common practice in the Andes, although the leaves are actually sucked, not chewed. Sucking the raw leaves relieves pain and fatigue and creates a sense of mild euphoria, and when used sporadically, the practice doesn't seem to have the horribly addictive results of using the refined drug.) AGE: 200 B.C. to 100 A.D. CONDITION: There are very minor chips to the rim of the spout and to the very tip of the hat. Otherwise, this piece is entirely intact and in excellent condition with some nice manganese deposits. DIMENSIONS: 9.5" tall (24.1 cm) DIMENSIONS: 7.25" tall (18.4 cm) |
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