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RARE COASTAL TIAHUANACO DRUM<br />

Ca. A. D. 600-1000<br />

The drum-shaped cylindrical base surmounted<br />

by two confronted, standing anthropomorphic<br />

fi gures, in a tight embrace, with short tails curling<br />

at the back, the tubular bodies painted with<br />

concentric lozenges, their heads thrown back and<br />

showing toothy grins, with upright ears, the whole<br />

painted in reddish brown and black.<br />

Height 44 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />

€ 2 000 – 4 000

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