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Funerary mask with ear stakes, Peru, northern coastal region, early or middle Moche, 2nd – 6th century AD, silver with gold, turquoise, pyrite and shell inlays, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Cycladic idol, Greece, Cyclades, early Cycladic, 27th – 25th century BC, marble, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Pommel of a golden dagger, Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic, 26th – 24th century BC, gold, stones, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Ceremonial bucket with relief band, Eastern Anatolia, Urartu, c. 810 BC, silver, partially gilded, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Face tile (antefix), Italy, probably Cerveteri, Etruscan, late 6th century BC, clay, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Statuette of Athena, Asia Minor or Greece, Hellenistic, 3rd – 1st cent. BC, bronze, privately owned, deposit Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Breast ornament (pectoral), Peru, Chavin, 9th – 3rd century BC, gold, turquoise, shell, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Warrior with trophy heads, Peru, southern coastal region, Nazca, 2nd – 7th century AD, gold plate, shell, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Mask, Peru, northern coastal region, Moche, 450-550 AD, copper, cinnabar, silver, gold, turquoise, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Portrait vessel, Peru, northern coastal region, Middle or Late Moche, 5th – 7th century AD, clay, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Vessel with music scene Peru, northern highlands, Recuay, 3rd – 8th century, clay, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Ebnöther Collection
Ebnöther’s personal passion was comparing works from the pre-Columbian world and European and West Asian antiquity. The collector hoped that the juxtaposition of these objects would offer insight into central questions of human life.
The focus of the collection is on the New World. Some 3000 artifacts of Peruvian and Ecuadorian origin represent the most comprehensive documentation of pre-Hispanic artworks from both countries in Switzerland. A highlight is the Formative Period gold works from Peru. They are described by the renowned archaeologist Walter Alva as the largest and most important group of such finds outside the Americas.
In the Old World, the culture of the Etruscans from ancient Italy and the Urartu culture from what is now eastern Turkey are particularly well documented by outstanding objects. A large number of the objects are grave goods. The collection encompasses almost the entire range of human creativity, from simple utensils made of organic materials to elaborate objects made of precious metals.
