Lot no. 103
CHUCU, Peru, 1200-1400 AD
Ex-voto consisting of a terracotta plaque painted with zoomorphic creatures and other motifs.
Size: 25 x 21.5 cm.
Note: Part of a group of plaques found in a cave in southern Peru in the 1950s, these offerings were intended to protect livestock, bring rain or ensure fertility.
Literature: Federico Kauffmann Doig. "Historia y arte del Péru antiguo.
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African, American and Oceanic Art
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