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THBTaino Stone Spherolith / Ball
Lot 113
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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 19, 2018
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2018-07-19 10:00:00
2018-07-19 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Dominican Republic, Taino or Ciboney peoples, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A smooth, pale-grey mottled stone ball with light and dark inclusions forming a marbled appearance across the body. Stone balls like this one are found in burials of the Ciboney and Taino people. Its beauty and perfect form demonstrate the mastery that these people had at pecking stone, shaping it through abrasion, and polishing it to a highly-reflective sheen. This example must have been some kind of offering, given the intensive work that went into its formation. Lucite ring display stand included. Size: 2.9" Diameter (7.4 cm).
Fascinatingly, these stone balls may tell us something about the people they memorialize. For example, in excavations at Cueva de los Ninos, archaeologists found a group of child burials where the size and age of child seems to correlate to the size of the ball in the grave (aka, the older the child, the bigger the ball). This example is large for being from a grave and may have commemorated a different kind of event.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Bob Dowling collection, San Francisco, California, USA
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#131928Ball repaired from two hemispherical pieces with light adhesive residue and minute losses along break line. Age-commensurate surface wear and minor abrasions.Condition
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