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Lot 96
  • 96

Elément de coiffe provenant d’une momie Culture Mochica Nord du Pérou 200-700 ap. J.-C.

Estimate
10,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Mochica
  • Elément de coiffe provenant d’une momie
  • Or jaune à surface brillante
  • h. 27,5 cm ; 10 3/4 in et l. : 32,5 cm ; 12 3/4 in

Provenance

Galerie Ferrero, Genève, 1985
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 532-79

Exhibited

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

Literature

Casas (Anna), " Au cœur de la ville de Barcelone: Le musée Barbier-Mueller d’art précolombien ", in Arts & Cultures, 2004, fig. 2, p. 94
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 104, p. 339
Ocampo (Estella), " El oro de los dioses. The Gold of Gods ", in Precolombart, n° 3, 2000, fig. 10, p. 60

Condition

Surface froissée de façon visible, avec petite déchirure. Surface légèrement oxydée Surface dented, as visible, with a little tear. Slightly oxidised surface
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