Lot 162B
5 Pre-Columbian Whistles, Recuay, Veracruz & Colima
5 Pre-Columbian Whistles, Recuay, Veracruz & Colima
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Pre-Columbian, Northern Highlands Peru, Ancash region, Recuay culture, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE; Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE; West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A group of five pottery whistles from various Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican and South American cultures, including a Recuay whistle vessel in the form of a seated monkey with orange slip motifs, a nude Colima figure with prominent phallus, a large bird-shaped whistle, and a Costa Rican burnished brownware whistle featuring twin bird heads. The most intriguing example is a Veracruz zoomorphic head with black bituminous chapapote pigment, its hybrid avian-zoomorphic visage presenting a projecting beak clasping a human hand, large eyes, pointed ears, and perforations for suspension, still functional with a high-pitched tone. Size of largest: 3" W x 4.25" H (7.6 cm x 10.8 cm)
Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; buffware: ex-Minerva Gallery, Florida, USA; ex-Kevern Gregory collection, Florida, USA, prior to 1970; ex-Luis Merida collection; ex-private Florida, USA collection, acquired prior to 1960s from a private collection; smallest whistle: ex-Material Culture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; animal whistles: es-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA; ex-Rachelle M. Miller estate, Chicago, Illinois, USA, from the 1960s - 1970s; bitumen: ex-Artemis Gallery; private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-Lands Beyond Ltd Gallery, Ken Bower, New York, New York, USA, acquired in 2000s
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- Condition: Loss to the mouthpiece of double bird head and does not function. Largest bird whistle functions, intact with manganese deposits. Vera Cruz whistle functions, with chips to face. Colima figure is intact and functions. Recuay vessel makes a quiet sound, not very functional as a whistle, but otherwise intact.
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