Description
Pre Columbian Huari Wari Snuff Spoon Ancient South American art
Pre-Columbian, Huari/Wari culture, Peru, ca. 6th to 9th century CE.
A ritual snuff spoon carved from Hard wood with 2 figural deities holding kero cups inlaid with Spondylus shell with white shell Spoons like this one were used ingest a ground drug known as vilca or huilca, found in southern Peru and Bolivia, and obtained from the beans of the tree Anadenanthera colubrina. Splendid item
Size 24 x 4 cm 9.5 x 1.5 inches
Ex Uk collection London collected before 1960
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