SOLD: Pre Columbian Pin Depicting Four Birds
SOLD: Pre Columbian Pin Depicting Four Birds
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Chimu or Inca, Peru
Copper alloy and silver
14th - 15th Century
6.25 in / 16 cm
Photographed with a contemporary cassowary feather inserted into the pin hole to show how it would have been worn as an ensemble.
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Painted wood
6″ H x 2.75″ W
Circa 1940s or Earlier
The eagle has a frog in its claws which is “holding” a whale.
This comb was purchased out of the same collection and appears to be of the same vintage and by the same hand as the NWC bear comb on our website.
We believe this comb was created by the same hand as the sold NWC bear comb.
This comb has a price tag from The Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington which was established in 1899.
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