decorative
Lot 51052:
Effigy vessel modeled in the shape of a clenched human hand with bracelet. Isolated arms and legs were frequently depicted in Andean art and made of several materials. All of these representations were likely used to evoke complex ideas related to human sacrifice.
Height: 23.9 cm
Catalogue: 69 (for more details, refer to this number in the literature here: https://shorturl.at/bCKRV)
Provenance: Private collection, Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006.
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