Lord ornament

Lord ornament

made from several separate parts, then assembled in three pieces. Her chubby legs are slightly bent, her powerful toenails embellished with mother-of-pearl. The belly is symbolized by a geometric space surmounted by a broad pectoral enhanced by shell inlays with a central circular ornament. His arms form a right angle, ending in carefully designed hands with mother-of-pearl nails. He wears bracelets made from two copper medallions enhanced by a central gold button. His handsome face features a mouth covered with two large narigueras, one in copper and the other in gold. The latter probably symbolizes this dignitary's special bond with the sun god he represents. His circumflex eyes are inlaid with gold, giving him a hypnotic, determined gaze. He carries two large tambas attached to his earlobes. His skyward-facing headdress is composed of two arched protrusions interspersed with a copper and gold plume with cascading floral decoration. Copper, gold, shell. Mochica I, 100 - 300 A.D. H: 120 cm Provenance: Julieta Guillot collection, after inheritance from her father Alvaro Guillot-Munoz (this work is mentioned in the will and inventory of the collection). Bibliography: Cobre Del Antiguo Peru, Jose Antonio De La Valle, Coleccion Apu, n°37, Lima 1998, for a similar work. History of the Collection: in the years 1935-1938, Professor Alvaro Guillot-Munoz at the University of La Plata, Argentina, established relations with a Peruvian colleague at the University of Trujillo, Peru. Both were specialists in prehistory and the history of early civilizations. It was at this point that he developed a passion for the cultures of pre-Columbian America and built up his collection. After the war, he was appointed Consul in Montreal and organized his first exhibition of Pre-Columbian art in 1947. In 1950, he was appointed Consul in Brussels, and in 1952, Cultural Attaché in Paris. It was during this period that he met a circle of Americanists who gathered every Sunday around Professor Paul Rivet, then Director of the Musée de l'Homme. He brought his entire collection to Paris, including this set. Only his scientific friends, such as Prof. Rivet and Prof. Henri Lehmann, had access to the objects in his collection. In 1960, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Rome and became a member of the Italian Institute of Paleontology. He died in France in 1971, leaving his entire Pre-Columbian collection to his daughter Julieta in a will drawn up on September 27, 1967. In 1975, Swiss archaeologist Henri Reichlen (Musée de l'Homme) came to analyze and help inventory the Collection. The German archaeologist Ferdinand Anton took part in the inventory of all the fabrics. It was on Henri Reichlen's advice that Jacques Kerchache purchased three pieces for the future Musée du Quai Branly.