Pre-columbiansk. Chimu Keramisk Ithyphallic Effigy Jar Med spansk importlisens. Publisert.

A very rare effigy jar in the shape of a schematically-rendered ithyphallic man, seated and holding his oversized penis. The male - probably a supernatural personage related to fertility rites - is wearing a simple headdress and has a cord around his neck on which a tumi ceremonial knife is attached. Chimu, Peru, 900-1470 CE

Height: 18.8 cm

Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland.

Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970's. Purchased by Yossef Maiman 1991. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 126

Notes: The Kepmer collection was created between 1940's and 1980's. Items that were not donated to the "The Museum of Islamic Art" were sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 11th April, 1995.

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