The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)
Lot 51570:
A unique complex scene showing a naked supine male with elaborate headdress, surrounded by humans, beings from the afterworld, animals and other elements of mysterious character. The principal personage is showing his penis, emerging from it are five birds. It may be a transportation of a vision caused by hallucinations used in a shamanistic ritual inspired by the myth or ritual representation.
Height: 15.3 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 38, p. 68-69 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: 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, Offerings for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 68-69
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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