Pre-Columbian Chancay Wood Staff Rattle with Anthropomorphic Faces and communal scenes were interred

and communal scenes were interred as part of funerary assemblages

and cream pigments over an orange slip

grasping ritual elements that reinforce the ceremonial identity of the figure

It remains in excellent condition

and sophisticated polychrome painting

Pre-Columbian Chancay Wood Staff Rattle with Anthropomorphic Faces and communal scenes were interredPre Columbian Chancay Wood Staff Rattle with Anthropomorphic Faces, Peru, 10001450 ADHeight: 54 in. (137 cm) Of elegant vertical form, this rare ceremonial staff rattle is finely carved from a single length of aged hardwood, the upper section surmounted by a domed finial and encircled by a vertical arrangement of four anthropomorphic faces in shallow relief, each face delineated by rectangular apertures for the eyes and mouth, pierced through the