Description
Rare Pre-Columbian "Self-Sacrifice" Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel, Peru, Cupisnique/Chavin, Jequetepeque Valley, c. 1000-200 B.C., the "degollador" seated and holding his partially severed head, painted detail, ht. 7 3/4 in. Liter ature: Peru, Art from the ChauÃn to the Incas, Paris Musées, pp. 25.