Ancient Pre-Columbian Polychrome Bowl, Jalisco or Nayarit culture, ca. 100 B.C. to 100 A.D. Redware pottery with two encircling bands and upward lines in red pigment. Heavy manganese deposits. 6-1/2"D x 3-1/4"H, loss of pigment, surface pitting, else intact. A nice, simple bowl for the money.
from West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. Seated male figure, unslipped buff ceramic with remains of original orange glaze. He holds his arms held against the chest and wears two rows of headbands, earspools, a necklace, and a kilt-type loin cloth with sash. Typical almond-shaped, coffee bean eyes and mouth. Ancient manganese deposits on surface. 5-1/4"H, head re-attached at neck, plus small chip on shoulder, else excellent. ... Click for details
Extremely rare example! Ancient Pre-Columbian Dog Effigy from West Mexico, Michoacan region, ca. 100 B.C. - 100 A.D. Reminiscent of (and certainly modeled after) the quintessential pottery dogs from the Colima region, this highly-unusual portrayal of a standing redware dog, head in an alert/almost howling pose, wearing a tortoise carapace on his back with indications where four small legs would have been on the tortoise. Dog's front legs modeled in realistic fashion with rear legs/feet in rou... Click for details
In almost miniature form... Ancient Pre-Columbian Seated Female Figure from Ameca Valley, Jalisco, Mexico, ca. 1st century B.C. – 2nd century A.D. Hollow pottery figure of a seated woman; hieratic style with stiff postures and staring, almond-shaped eyes. Detailed fingers and toes, remains of black pigment on back of head and tattoos on her bare breasts. Manganese deposits. 6-5/8"H, intact/generally excellent condition. ... Click for details
An exceptional San Juanito (aka Cuisillos) figure from Jalisco, ca. 50 BC - 250 AD. This 9-1/2" tall male is posed seated, with his hands resting on the drawn up knees. He is adorned with the traditional tasseled ear ornaments characteristic of this type, as well as armbands. Painted in red over buff, he is in excellent condition, with good mineral deposits.
The twelve Pre-Columbian copal lots illustrated in this group of twelve (LLL 734B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, N, O and P) were accumulated in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon. Varying in number from a single large piece in one lot to hundreds of pieces in the biggest, the greatest dimension of all of the illustrated pieces ranges from less than one millimeter to close to 60 millimeters. Copal, originally pine sap, is an opaque to yellowish-orange translucent transitional... Click for details
This group of twelve carved stone figural amulets (LLL 1205F, H, K, M, O, Q, R, AI, AJ, AL, AP, and AR), all collected by the late Lynn Langdon in West Mexico during the mid-20th century, were strung in necklaces for protective wear. The pieces in this diverse lot represent mostly human forms, but include a parrot head, a full bird figure….AND, I swear, one that looks like Sponge Pants Bob…and another that sure looks like a Spaceman (you’ll know them without having to read the descriptive text!)... Click for details
The small stone beads or pendants in this group of twelve (LLL 1205A, D, G, J, L, P, S, W, Y, AA, AH and AO), dating c.300BC-600AD and assigned to the Colima horizon, were all collected by the late Lynn Langdon in West Mexico during the mid-20th century. In Pre-Columbian days, the little figures were strung in necklaces and worn as protective amulets. The pieces in this lot represent predominantly anthropomorphic or human forms but also include a bird, a frog and a jaguar head. Each could be eas... Click for details
A fine Nayarit seated male from West Mexico, ca. 200 BC – 300 AD. This superbly detailed figure is 4-3/4” high, 2-3/4” wide and depicted seated with a colorful blanket or mantle wrapped around the front of his body. He is adorned with huge ear ornaments and a complex headdress. Great paint and good mineral deposits, head cleanly reattached.
A fine San Juanito type female from the Cuisillos area of Jalisco, West Mexico, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD. She is 11" high, posed seated, with arms raised in the characteristic position communicating her plea to the gods of fertility in an effort to ward off menstruation, so that she may conceive. She is adorned with the characteristic appliqué shoulder scarification pellets, multiple ear ornaments and bracelets. Nice red, yellow and black paint, as well as good deposits on the cream slip. In supe... Click for details
