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Sceptre probably used by a shaman priest during war ceremonies. It is carved with a zoomorphic figure of the upright monkey god holding a kero with a trophy head in its hands, its open mouth symbolically sticking out its tongue (a sign of defiance and victory). Wood, old patina and marks of time. Chimu, Chancay, Peru, 1100 to 1400 A.D. Dimensions: 65 X 6 cm Provenance : former collection of Ralf Kotalla, Stuttgart, founder of the thermoluminescence laboratory of the same name. Origine Auction, Paris, Saturday October 29, 2016, catalog number 89.

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Sceptre probably used by a shaman priest during war ceremonies. It is carved with a zoomorphic figure of the upright monkey god holding a kero with a trophy head in its hands, its open mouth symbolically sticking out its tongue (a sign of defiance and victory). Wood, old patina and marks of time. Chimu, Chancay, Peru, 1100 to 1400 A.D. Dimensions: 65 X 6 cm Provenance : former collection of Ralf Kotalla, Stuttgart, founder of the thermoluminescence laboratory of the same name. Origine Auction, Paris, Saturday October 29, 2016, catalog number 89.

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Estimate 400 - 600 EUR
Starting price  300 EUR

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