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LOT 2217
Pre-Columbian Tupu Quechua Brass Pin
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (18.6 grams, 15 cm).
The central spoon-shaped section, the bowl decorated with a punched floral design framed by crescents, tapering stem, two spoon-shaped shoulders with loops. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Literature
Cf. the Museo Central, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, for similar; for further insight on the use and prevalence of these objects in ancient Peruvian society see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.1987.394.546.
Footnotes
For a shawl or mantel.
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