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Large mortar, probably shamanic, decorated around...

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Large mortar, probably shamanic, decorated around the perimeter with a concentric incised decoration. Hard stone, with marks of use and patina of time. Some splinters on the neck. Condorhuasi, Argentina, 200-700 AD Height: 23 cm. Width: 14 cm. Provenance: Ancienne Collection Redonnet, Sale of 25 May 1925, Maître Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, (carries an unreadable number 93).