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THBPair of Nazca Silver Tweezers - Fox Shape - 9 g
Lot 131
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
Jul 5, 2018
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2018-07-05 10:00:00
2018-07-05 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru (south coast), Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. One of my favorites, a matched pair of two adorable silver foxes atop half-circle-shaped tweezers. Each is made from thin sheets of silver, stamped to form. The animals stand in profile and at attention, heads up, ears and tails perked, with diamond-shaped eyes and mouths wide open below their long snouts. The Nazca used tweezers as part of their daily life, plucking beards, eyebrows, and etc., just as we do today. Size of one (they are nearly identical): 1.25" W x 1.5" H (3.2 cm x 3.8 cm); 4.95" H (12.6 cm) on included custom stand. 9 grams total weight (of both together).
In Pre-Columbian Andean cultures, the fox was associated with plant fertility and was seen as the bearer of grains and plants. The earliest vessels from the Nazca also sometimes portray people wearing headdresses made from fox pelts, and archaeological finds from the Paracas culture, which predates the Nazca, confirm that fox pelts were worn if not by living humans, then at least by mummy bundles of their remains. These are thought to connect to religious ceremonies relating to the planting season.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Ian Arundel collection, California, USA
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#132600Light patina on surface. Excellent condition.Condition
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