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Votive tablet probably used as a pectoral pendant...

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Votive tablet probably used as a pectoral pendant by a lord during great ceremonies. It presents the head of a feline deity with geometric and stylized features. Green speckled, sculpted, drilled and polished jadeite. Traces of localized cinnabar. Chavin, ancient horizons, 1000 to 400 B.C. 15.5 x 10.5 cm Provenance: Collection Berjonneau, Paris. Castor-Hara, Paris, sale of May 30, 2011, Lot n°51 of the catalogue.