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Rare International Style Gold Shaman Figurine
Product Description
The shaman firmly standing on diminutive feet with toes indicated by small grooves, head held erect, grasping a pair of waisted lime containers, poporo, in each hand, the broad checked face with eyes closed as if in a trance and lips pressed together. He is solely adorned with jewelry consisting of multi-stranded necklace, scrolled earrings and distinctive openwork headdress of interlaces volutes; a suspension loop on the reverse.
International style objects from Panama and Costa Rica are noteworthy for a number of salient qualities witch differentiate them from later Panamanian works. Differences exist in form and iconography; conceptually, the ornaments are both simple and elegant with few of the 'busy' additive parts so common to Isthmian examples with surfaces so smooth that they glisten. This figure of a visionary engrossed in a ritual, certainly with an association to psyco-tropic substances as contained in the poporos, is remarkable for its three-dimensional construction.
Product Details
- ColorsGold
- Materials
Gold
- Measurements
4.72"L x 2.36"W x 1.18"H
- OriginCosta Rica
— Costa Rica/Panama Circa 500-1000 AD
— Suspension Loop On The Reverse
— In Family Collection Since 1990
— Exhibited: Paris, Trésors Du Nouveau Monde, Musée Royaux D'Art Et D'Histoire, Bruxelles, September 15 - December 27, 1992 Fig. 268 Illus, Exhibition Catalog.
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Shipping AvailabilityCanada, United States
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Shipping PolicyStandard Ground Shipping
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Ship In3-5 weeks ⓘ
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Return PolicyFinal sale, not eligible for return or cancellation
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