Solid standing figure wearing elaborate headdress, ear spools and necklace and loin cloth. Black thick bitumen face. Small restoration to headdress, reattached right foot restored over crack and chip to back of right hand, but overall quite excellent. Ex: Allan L. Long collection. with lucite base. 6 1/4" high Mexico Vera Cruz 600-900 AD
Here’s another extraordinary Aztec pipe (AXH92) from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin. Collected at the site of Cuautitlan, Mexico in 1961 (and characteristically marked by Heflin with that information in black ink on the base of its highly burnished redware stem), the bichrome pipe has been glued in two places and shows signs of ancient tip wear from the tightly clenched teeth of the Aztec warrior who smoked it. The strikingly decorated bowl of the pipe is adorned with a multi-feathered ... Click for details
The world-renowned Dr. Allen Heflin collection contained one of the largest assortments of Pre-Columbian ceramic pipes seen on the market in recent years. He found this one (AXH89) at the Aztec site of Cuautitlan, Mexico in July 1960 (so-marked on the bottom of the stem in black ink). An impressive 13” in length, with a 6 ½” tall bowl, the pipe was found in four pieces that were later glued together without any new material or paint being added to the pipe. This rare and spectacular piece, datin... Click for details
Here you find a solid pottery examples of a pre-classic standing female, right hand held to stomach, conical headdress. Traces of red pigment decoration. Mounted on a custom stand. Intact. 5-7/8"H.
Provenance: From the collection of F.C. Lardner, 1952. Ex NYC Art Gallery 2005. Ex private Florida Collection 2006.
Harkening back to the tales of the mysterious Aztec crystal quartz skulls comes one of the real enigmas from the noted Pre-Columbian art collection assembled by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. As that extraordinary collection was unpacked, deep within a box filled with an almost endless assortment of stone artifacts, this beautifully carved and polished crystal quartz rabbit (AXH1465A) was uncovered. Measuring 4 ½” in length, 2 ½” in height, and 2 ½” in width, it has two holes, obviously meant for su... Click for details
Colima Blackware Potery Duck, Mexico, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Finely modeled with long bill, small eyes staring outward. Stylized plumage and large hollow tail for spout. 6 3/4" high, In excellent condition.
Measuring 3 ¼” in length, this gracefully shaped, polished, dark greenstone chisel (TEH160) comes without specfic provenance but is believed to be Pre-Columbian in age and was probably found in Mexico by the late Chester Howard. In excellent condition with only a couple of tiny dings on its sharpened bit edge and the corner of its poll, it was most likely used for woodworking and dates somewhere in the period c.300BC-1500AD. The chisel comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch abou... Click for details
This group of twelve photographs illustrates individually priced Pre-Columbian artifacts (AXH Nos. 234R3N2, 1410R5N4, 1413R3N1, 1418R4N2, 1426R5N3, 1487R1N4, 1490R5N2, 1496R7N5, 1540, 2647P, 2590 and 2736), all from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin and all Aztec in age, dating c.1300AD-1500AD. The various types shown in this group are: figurines, pendant, needles, adorno, whorl, ear spool, duck’s head, ear plug, bird’s head, gouge, etc. Materials include bone, clay and obsidian. Each arti... Click for details
This group of twelve photographs illustrates individually priced Pre-Columbian artifacts (AXH Nos. 1403R1N2, R1409R1N1, 1410R5N3 & R8N2, 1417R2N1N, 1422R4N3, 1496R9N2, 1522, 2343, 2647F & U, and 2738), all from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin, and all Post-Classic Aztec in origin dating from c.1300AD-1500AD. The various types shown in this group are: figural heads, needle, pendant, adorno, whorl, ear spool, duck head, dog head, food, flaking tool, etc. Materials include bone, antler and ... Click for details
This group of twelve photographs illustrates individually priced Pre-Columbian artifacts (AXH Nos. 1400R6N3, 1402R2N3, 1407R8N1, 1408R3N4, 1427R4N3, 1429R2N2, 1490R2N2, 2322, 2395, 2647A & L, and 2733), all from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin, and all Post-Classic Aztec in origin dating from c.1300BC-1500AD. The various types shown in this group are: figurines, ear spool, awl, needle, pendant, scraper, bead, snake’s head, monkey heads, etc. Materials include bone, stone and clay. Each a... Click for details
