12-01-201812-01-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3185BBoston
December 1, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Two Pre-Columbian Gold Ornaments

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$2,091$1,700
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3185BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 01, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Two Pre-Columbian Gold Ornaments, Chimu, Lambayeque, Peru, c. 1000-1425 AD, 14kt gold, each depicting a human figure wearing an elaborate headdress, hammered thin and with punctuate decoration, pierced for attachment, lg. 2 in. each.

Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Maury Bromsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; James A. Ewing collection.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Keywords

James A. Ewing, Lambayeque