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 51841:
Depiction of a man with a strange looking headdress, seated cross-legged with hands on his knees. Hunchbacks as well as other disabled people in the Andes, were believed to have magical powers and predestinated to be priests, shamans and honored participants in rituals.
Height: 18.2 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 91, p. 123 ( 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. 123
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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