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A sculpture representing the head of a "fang deity". Apart from the Tiahuanaco culture, lithic art was not very widespread in ancient Peru, particularly in the Recuay culture, but also in the ancient horizon or "formative" period, with the great Chavin culture, which extended over a very wide territory and gave rise to an original art form that greatly influenced the art of succeeding cultures, such as the Mochica. Divinities with mouths adorned with fangs appear at this formative period on numerous sculptures, such as soft stone vases, and despite the absence of metal at this time, also on the very many heads that adorned the walls of religious buildings, the most famous of which is the temple of Chavin de Huantar. The head of the fanged divinity in the Jean Roudillon collection, made of basalt and sculpted by bush-hammering, is impressive in its presence and volume, and stands out for its rare iconography. Its anthropomorphic nose and the striations between its two fangs could represent the sacrificial blood flowing from the deity's mouth. The characteristic treatment of the eyes in concentric circles is comparable, albeit more meticulous here, to the eyes of many monoliths from the Recuay culture, heir to this tradition of stone sculpture. Chavin culture, ancient horizon, 900 to 400 B.C., Peru Stone (basalt), missing dents and visible ancient accidents, very fine oxidation and ancient erosion H. 33 cm See pp. 6 and 7 for a stone vase and examples of fang-embellished tenon heads in: Inca -Peru 3000 Ans d'Histoire, S. Purini, Musée Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Ed. Imschoot uitgevers 1990. Provenance : Jean Roudillon Collection before 1970

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A sculpture representing the head of a "fang deity". Apart from the Tiahuanaco culture, lithic art was not very widespread in ancient Peru, particularly in the Recuay culture, but also in the ancient horizon or "formative" period, with the great Chavin culture, which extended over a very wide territory and gave rise to an original art form that greatly influenced the art of succeeding cultures, such as the Mochica. Divinities with mouths adorned with fangs appear at this formative period on numerous sculptures, such as soft stone vases, and despite the absence of metal at this time, also on the very many heads that adorned the walls of religious buildings, the most famous of which is the temple of Chavin de Huantar. The head of the fanged divinity in the Jean Roudillon collection, made of basalt and sculpted by bush-hammering, is impressive in its presence and volume, and stands out for its rare iconography. Its anthropomorphic nose and the striations between its two fangs could represent the sacrificial blood flowing from the deity's mouth. The characteristic treatment of the eyes in concentric circles is comparable, albeit more meticulous here, to the eyes of many monoliths from the Recuay culture, heir to this tradition of stone sculpture. Chavin culture, ancient horizon, 900 to 400 B.C., Peru Stone (basalt), missing dents and visible ancient accidents, very fine oxidation and ancient erosion H. 33 cm See pp. 6 and 7 for a stone vase and examples of fang-embellished tenon heads in: Inca -Peru 3000 Ans d'Histoire, S. Purini, Musée Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Ed. Imschoot uitgevers 1990. Provenance : Jean Roudillon Collection before 1970

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