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Lot 300
  • 300

Poncho funéraire, recouvert de plumes, formant une étoile Culture Huari Sud du Pérou 600-1100 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Huari
  • Poncho funéraire, recouvert de plumes, formant une étoile
  • Blue and Yellow macaw - Ara Ararauna
  • h. 86,3 cm ; 34 in et l. 90,3 cm; 35 1/2 in

Provenance

Christie’s, New York, 23 mai 2007, lot 16
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. 532-93

Exhibited

Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, Camino del Inca, el pasado de los Andes, 9 juin 2011-septembre 2012

Literature

Barbier-Mueller (Jean Paul), " Confidentiellement vôtre: petite chronique méditative…ventes aux enchères et montagnes russes ", in Art & Cultures, 2008, fig. 34, p. 307

Condition

Bon état de conservation général, avec quelques manques visibles parcourant la surface du poncho. Certaines plumes sont refixées Good condition overall, with some visible losses across the surface of the poncho. Some feathers are reattached
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