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Art of Ecuador : Ritual Vessel with Spider Monkey
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Ritual Vessel with Spider Monkey - PF.0648
Origin: Ecuador
Circa: 600
AD
to 900
AD
Dimensions:
10.375" (26.4cm) high
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$9,600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Vessels used in long-forgotten rituals often
seem solemn, mysterious, even ominous. That is
not the case with this extraordinary object,
whose mood is defined by the mischievously
grinning spider monkey perched atop its triple-
orbed base. His broad, wicked smile suggests
that whatever the giddy intoxicant this vessel
may origninally have contained, its ceremonial
uses were not to be treated with complete
seriousness.
- (PF.0648)
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