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LARGE VICUS FIGURAL VESSEL<br />

Ca. 500-300 B. C.<br />

Representing a seated bound captive with hands<br />

tied at the back, adorned with a crescentic nose ring<br />

and beaded headband, a tress of hair at the back, the whole<br />

painted with black resist patterns.<br />

Height 35 cm<br />

Literature<br />

Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst, Leipzig, 1972, pl. 21<br />

It is known that captives in the ancient Andean cultures were stripped of<br />

garments and war paraphernalia.<br />

€ 2 000 – 4 000

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