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Lot 51077:
Depictions of a breed of hairless dog with characteristics wrinkles and warts appeared in Moche iconography. The animals were probably introduced to Peru from western Mexico by maritime traders and became very popular along coastal cultures.
Height: 17.4 cm
Catalogue: 92 (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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