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422 - Phallic Spoon
Costa Rica
DATE 1 - 500 AD
AUTHOR Unknown Pre-Columbian artist - Guanacaste, Nicoya - Costa Rica
MEDIA Jade
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION USA - California - Beverly Hills - Barakat Gallery
NOTES This is a striking example of an artist's ability to combine this significant symbol with a utilitarian function. Undoubtedly this spoon served an important part in ancient rituals. It is has been carved to perfection and exact symmetry giving formal expression to their inherent reality and perhaps the universe.
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