Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20 Sep 2023
Two Chimu gold figural pendants
Two Chimu gold figural pendants
Peru, circa 900 - 1420 AD
hollow, standing with their hands placed on their abdomens and pierced through the neck for attachment, the smaller with facial scarifications and a V shape back headdress,
6.2cm and 8cm high, 31.5grams, on stands. (4)
Provenance
Dr La Fond, France, collected whilst working in Peru in the 1950s.
Kenneth Mackay, London, 14th May 2018.
Romy Rey Collection, London.
tests as 17kt gold.