Superb little shamanic "poporo" mortar. It is... Lot 4
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Superb little shamanic "poporo" mortar. It is carved on its entire external surface with a round hump-shaped decoration evoking several deity or dignitary jaguar-men next to each other, facing each other, sometimes connected by snakes and in places their shapes interlocking. The lips are also decorated with incised and sculpted decoration. Some blue stone inlays in places. Stone with traces of cinnabar Chavin, Peru, 700-200 BC 2.5 x 5.3 cm
Provenance: Jouan Paris, sale April 30, 2006, lot N°58 in the catalogue.
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