Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A petite drug spoon, hand-carved from a mottled red stone with white inclusions (brecciated jasper) with a spiralized body similar in form to the shell of a spire mollusk. The spoon has a carved-out scoop with a pair of perforated suspension holes, a tab-shaped finger rest, and a twisting conical handle. This spoon would have been used for measuring and grinding lime powder to combine with coca leaves to permit the narcotic substance access to the bloodstream. A finely-carved example from ancient Colombia! Size: 1.25" W x 3" H (3.2 cm x 7.6 cm).

Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ex-private Kramer collection, Georgia, USA

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#133952

  • Condition: Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age and use as expected, light discoloration, and some surface roughness, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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