Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2291Location: BostonDate / Time: September 10, 2005 10:00AM
Description:
Pre-Columbian Silver Beaker, Moche, 500-700 A.D., repousse human head with feline and avian features, the ear ornaments in the form of feline heads, (crack at back of head),ht. 6 3/4 in.
Provenance: Collected in 1937 by Russell Wheeler in Lima, Peru.
Estimate $2,500-3,500