Poporo (lime container)
Huari Culture, Peru
Middle Horizon, 600-900 A.D.
Wood
H. 5 cm
Representation of a crouching figure holding a traditional pouch fixed on the nape of the neck. The neck is decorated by incisions in a grid pattern forming a net in which a trophy head is caught.
Provenance:
Former collection of Régine and Guy Dulon, Paris.
Sale Binoche-Giquello, 16 December 2015, n°95
Private collection, Paris
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