Precolumbian shuttle for weaving loom, decorated with anthropomorphic figures, Chimu culture, circa 1200 - 1400 AD.

84. Precolumbian shuttle for weaving loom, decorated with anthropomorphic figures, Chimu culture, circa 1200 - 1400 AD.

Starting price

EUR 1.000

Sold post auction

EUR 1.250

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Session

Thu, 23 April 2026 18:00

Hardwood polished shuttle. One end is sharp, while the other is adorned by a small male character holding a pointed globe-ended instrument with both hands, propped on the ground. Hanging off the back of the character is a circular element with three outward protrusions representing the handle.

References

Pre-Columbian America; Ritual Arts of the New World; Skira; 1997; p. 360; cat. 124 Barbier, J.-P. (editor); Millennial Art of the Americas: From Discovery to Admiration 1492-1992; Paris; 1993; p. 320; pl. 122

Dimensions

custom h=31 cm

Research information

The object was exhibited in the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva and reproduced in "Millennial Art of the Americas: from discovery to admiration", 1492-1992, pl. 122, p. 320.

PROVENANCE

Josef Mueller Collection, Solothurn, before 1952 Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, Inv. no. 532-37 Sotheby's Auction, France, 22.03.2013, lot 288

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