Spoon decorated with a standing figure
Huari Culture, Peru
Middle Horizon, 600 - 900 A.D.
Patinated wood
H. 14.2 cm
Naked man, arms along the body, feet incised. Head in the shoulders with a classic face showing a long hooked nose surrounded by two small open almond-shaped eyes. Simple cylindrical headdress covering the head of the character. The spoon is visibly uneven.
Provenance :
Former collection of Régine and Guy Dulon, Paris.
Sale Binoche-Giquello, 16 December 2015, n°99
Private collection, Paris
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