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A Massive Shipibo Pottery Olla

Currency:USD Category:Antiquities / Other Cultures Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD
A Massive Shipibo Pottery Olla

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-6 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
From the Shipibo Tribe of eastern Peru, at the headwaters of the Amazon, ca 1950. This incredible olla is the type used by the natives to handle their cooking and probably has its roots in the vessels used to cook early explorers and missionaries. Extraordinary olla painted in traditional colors of creme, bricks, black and deep orange with large tattooed human face on one side - face with expressive natural details. Measuring a large 17"H x 24"D at widest. Remarkably intact and excellent with small bits of wear here and there. It is amazing it survived its journey from the Amazon to the States! Big. REALLY BIG! If you are looking for an "attention getter," this is the one!

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