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LOT 2249

Pre Columbian Ceramic Bird Rattle and Shell Pendant Group

EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (90 grams total, 21-64 mm).

Including scallop shell fragments, a ceramic aviform rattle, and other items. [8, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2249

Pre Columbian Ceramic Bird Rattle and Shell Pendant Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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