TW0 ALMOST IDENTICAL BONE FLUTES/CENTURIES AND CULTURES APART
browse these categories for related items...
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Implements: Pre 1492: Item # 1306100
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Implements: Pre 1492: Item # 1306100
Please refer to our stock # BF when inquiring.
****SOLD****
****SOLD****
Left side flute Chimu/Peru/ C.A. 1100 - 1470 A.D. Measurements: 5 1/4" in length Right side flute Mogollon/Mimbres American Southwest Ca. 800 - 1000 A.D. Measurements: 5 1/2" in length These two bone flutes are seperated by centuries and thousands of miles and yet the similarity is remarkable! It poses the question of human development and various stages of invention. A broad and often heated subject! Two different cultural worlds...same creation.
Left side flute Chimu/Peru/ C.A. 1100 - 1470 A.D. Measurements: 5 1/4" in length Right side flute Mogollon/Mimbres American Southwest Ca. 800 - 1000 A.D. Measurements: 5 1/2" in length These two bone flutes are seperated by centuries and thousands of miles and yet the similarity is remarkable! It poses the question of human development and various stages of invention. A broad and often heated subject! Two different cultural worlds...same creation.
