FOLK ART CARVED WALKING STICK FOR "ABYLOW"ca. late 19th century; hickory sapling cane with extensive relief carved staff and elephant carved on grip, unknown/unrecorded staff with extensive small relief carved...
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOPEWELL STONE PIPEW/ SKULLNative American, Northeastern United States, Hopewell Indians, Middle Woodland Period, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A beautiful and unusual example of a smoking pipe, hand-carved...
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19TH C. NEPALESE WOOD FESTIVAL MASK- SKELETALCentral Asia, Nepal, Himalayan region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful, hand-carved wood mask somewhat resembling a skull as it displays an expressive...
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MASSIVE COSTA RICAN STONE TROPHY HEADPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A massive and meticulously carved trophy head from a dense volcanic rock, depicted...
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FINE MAYA PLUMBATE POTTERY VESSEL W/DEATH SCENE, TL'DPre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Guatemala, Maya, Post-Classic Period, ca. 1000 to 1200 CE. A hand-built plumbate pottery vessel incised with elaborate motifs,...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM GRANITE HEAD- PRIEST / SCRIBEAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2030 to 1650 BCE. An attractive head carved from granite of a man with rounded features, perhaps...
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SUPERB & IMPORTANT TAINO CORAL ZEMIFACEPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A stunning and scarce life-sized face of a zemi (sometimes cemi) carved from a single piece of coral! The forward-facing...
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HUGE TEOTIHUACAN / AZTEC STONE WATERSPOUT ZOOMORPHPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan to early Aztec culture, ca. 600 to 1400 CE. This is a superb volcanic rock carving of a recumbent dog-like or jaguar...
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RARE MAYA CARVED SHELL TINKLER W/ SCREAMINGSKULL FACE**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico Yucatan to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An incredible and expressive olive...
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COLIMA REDWARE DOG EFFIGY VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully constructed, hand-built redware dog vessel of a charming form that exhibits a playful...
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19TH C. TIBETAN RITUAL CUP / KAPALA(SKULL)**Originally Listed At $1500**
Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A kapala, a ritual cup made from a human bone from the skull-cap, the surface...
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19TH C. NEPALESE BONE BUDDHA & SKULLDIADEM PLAQUECentral Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th century CE. A fine diadem plaque carved from bone of a Buddha seated atop a skull with an arching aureola surrounding. The piece...
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19TH C. TIBETAN NECKLACE - PRAYER BEADSCentralAsia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely necklace comprised of 108 small carved bone beads and two large bone end-cap beads, all from a human skull, with inlaid silver or...
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TAINO RHYOLITE CEREMONIAL SCEPTER W/CACIQUE FIGUREPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exceptionally rare rhyolite ceremonial scepter depicting...
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ASIAN: FOUR IVORY, WOOD AND/OR METALPIECES INCLUDING TWO EROTICA, DETAILS INCLUDE: METAL AND WOOD/RESIN FACE COMPOSED OF FIGURES, E...ASIAN: Four ivory, wood and/or metal pieces including two erotica, details...
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ASIAN: COLLECTION OF NETSUKE, JAPANESE,19TH/20TH C., INCLUDING TIGER, SKULL, OCTOPUS, SNAKE, MOUSE ON A BEAN, AND A CRAB ALL CARVED IN WOOD AND ONE OF A FISH CARVED IN IVORY; ALONG WITH TWO ADDITIONAL WOOD CARVINGS...
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A GROUP OF CARVED BONE SKULL FIGURINESAgroup of carved bone skull figurines, 20th century One with inset mark Comprising three skull-themed sculptures, one mounted to a wood base, sold together with an onyx...
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A Carved Hornbill Skull ca. 19th CenturyFront lobe carved with two figures and a dragon. Back of the skull and eyes are unfinished. Offered with a carved wood stand. Measures apprx. 4-1/4"H x 8-1/2"L x 2-3/4"L....
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Rare and Unusual Gentleman's Meerschaumand Bone Pipe, late 19th century, the meerschaum carved as a skull, the stem a hollowed bone and a bakelite bit, the bowl with a fitted French leather cover, the pale green...
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