Bone Carving of a Shaman-Vulture
The carved bone finial likely once graced the head of a ritual staff-like implement of a shaman. Finials are a fairly rare class of object among northern South American material culture, with gold examples attested among the Sinú and bone ones, such as this example, among the...
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Sculpture
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25655
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sculpture
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normalized
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Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent], March 14, 2006, by purchase [Arte Primitivo, New York, as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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4
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import
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Tairona
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