Gorgeous! Ancient Pre-Columbian Stone Mace Head from Costa Rica, Nicoya culture, ca. 500-1000 A.D. Hand-carved from a single piece of hard, white stone, with a hollow, slip shaft body and relief bird's head extending. With string-cut features. Outer surface polished in recent times to show how it would have looked in ancient times, but still retains liberal surface deposits and great signs of age. Custom stand. Mace head itself measures 4-1/4"L x 3"W x 3"H, is intact/excellent condition wi... Click for details
A marvelous Colima turtle effigy from West Mexico, ca. 300 BC - 300 AD. It is 10-1/2" long and is depicted with the head and tail peering out of the shell. The face is adorably executed and the shell is incised with traditional diamond designs associated with other reptiles. The characteristic red slip is highly burnished. A couple professionally restored breaks (mostly on the underside), else an excellent example. <... Click for details
A lovely San Sebastian type seated figure from the Jalisco/Nayarit area of West Mexico, ca. 200 BC - 350 AD. He is 7-1/2" tall and is posed seated with one hand held to the mouth, the other resting on the knee. He is adorned with the characteristic multiple ear ornaments and beautifully executed coif extending down his back. In excellent condition, with good dendrites and decorative paint showing nicely on the red slip.
From the west coast of Mexico, ancient Pre-Columbian Grotesque Figure, ca. 200 B.C. - 200 A.D. Redware pottery with numerous physical deformities, including hunchback, barrel chest, swollen legs. Left hand holds an olla/bowl on back. Remnants of original white pigment remain. 4-3/8"H, intact/in excellent condition.
From the west coast of Mexico, ancient Pre-Columbian Seated Male, ca. 200 B.C. - 300 A.D. Creamware pottery figure with profound hunchback sitting with hands to knees; applied orange pigment around neck. Showing toothy grin, with coffee bean eyes and earspools in each ear. 5"H, intact/in excellent condition.
Ancient Pre-Columbia Seated Male Figure, from the West Coast of Mexico, Colima culture, dating 100 B.C. to 200 A.D. Solid pottery flat-type figure decorated with headband, ear spools, large stone necklace and loin cloth, arms on knees, sitting cross legged, fine facial detailing. Liberal manganese deposits. 3-1/8"H, repair to foot, else intact.
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Ancient Pre-Columbian Figure from the West Coast of Mexico, Colima culture, dating 100 B.C. to 200 A.D. Solid pottery male figure decorated with headband, ear spools, large stone necklace and loin cloth, arms to side, legs slightly bowed, fine facial detailing. 6"H, chip to right side of headdress and tassel to loin cloth.
This is a lovely, boldly-colored tripod bowl produced by the Nayarit culture of ancient western Mexico. The cultures of Pre-Columbian west Mexico never built the massive archaeological structures of their eastern neighbors, but their ceramic tradition rivals anything contemporary in the Americas. Like many tripod bowls, this one originally would have had small pebbles or bits of clay in the legs so that it would rattle when shaken.
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A very large [ 18" ] standing warrior, wearing a wrap around cape and a helmet and adorned with nose plugs, ear spools and a belt. He holds his weapon with both hands and has a painted cream color design on the cape and helmet over an overall red background. Heal of the left foot and cape repaired from original pieces, otherwise intact. Mexico Jalisco 200 BC-AD 200
Standing fattened dog, painted black except for tail and head, ears black. Alert with ears pointing forward, incised eyes and mouth, tip of left ear reattached, otherwise excellent. 14" long Mexico Colima 200 BC-AD 200
