A fine whistle figure from the Pacific slope region of Guatemala or El Salvador, ca. 600 900 AD. It is 3-3/4 high and portrays a seated individual with hands resting on the knees. He is adorned with a complex headdress, ear spools and necklace. Great tone on the whistle.
An excellent Tairona necklace from Colombia, ca. 1000 - 1500 AD. It is 21" long and consists of beautiful carnelian beads, including bullets and large tubes, as well as a large carnelian center bead, all set off with greenstone spacer beads. Restrung on Soft Flex, with a modern gold clasp. Gorgeous and ready to wear.
A superb Maya cylinder from the Sula Valley of Honduras, ca. 600 900 AD. This highly burnished blackware example is 6-1/4 high, 5-1/4 in diameter and is carved with volute design patterns similar to the false glyph designs on the famous alabaster vessels from that region. A beautiful piece in great condition, with stucco remnants in the grooves and just a barely visible hairline crack.
A wonderful Pre-Classic Maya figure from Guatemala, ca. 600 - 300 BC. This adorable San Augustin type miniature is 1-1/2" high is posed seated, with outreaching arms. Adorned with large ear ornaments and a helmet, with the facial features retaining traces of red pigment. One arm reattached, nice deposits.
An early Pre-Classic female from Honduras, ca. 500 100 BC. She is 5-3/4 high and is posed standing, with hands grasping the back of the head, as if adjusting her headdress or coif. In excellent condition, with strong mineral deposits.
A beautiful greenstone necklace from Costa Rica, ca. 500 BC 1000 AD. It consists of a 23 long strand of sea green jadeite disk beads, interspersed with several tubes. The matching triangular celt pendant is 2-1/8 long and has the characteristic septum on the backside. Lovely example.
An excellent Cupisnique double-chambered vessel from Peru, ca. 1200 200 BC. This superb example is 8-1/2 high and depicts a pair of conjoined fruit, each 6-3/4 long. The highly burnished slip has beautiful color variations from yellow and olive, to deep black tips. In excellent condition, with extensive dendrites.
rare Inca copper axe from Peru, ca. 1300 - 1500 AD. This heavy weapon or tool has an unusual form, is 4" high, 3" wide, and has mineral nice deposits and patina.
See De Lavalle "Cobre", plates 158 163, for similar examples.
Of the hundreds of Colima flats we have encountered over the years, this is one of the finest and most unusual of the group! From ancient West Mexico, ca 200 BC to 200 AD, solid pottery flat figure of a female going about her daily chore of grinding maze using a stone metate. Nicely-decorated figure with headdress, necklace and skirt, sitting on her knees, holding the mano in her hands as she roles it over the surface of the two-legged metate. Intact and choice - rare with a figure of such de... Click for details
Ancient Pre-Columbian Tlatilco "Pretty Lady" Heads from Mexico, ca. 1500 to 500 BC. Among two of the finer examples of the superb pottery skills of the early Tlatilco artisans! Each head created in stunning detail with braided hair - highlighted with added red pigment - coffee-bean eyes and a highly burnished, almost porcelain-quality surface. Mounted on lucite base, each head measures 1-1/2"H. Near-choice condition for the fragments they are. ... Click for details
