- Four Taino Culture Carved Limestone
Artefacts including two anthropomorphic figures, a lizard and a celt lizard length 5.4 in — 13.7 cm...
[more like this] - CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO MIRRORED
FISHWhite jade carving of a mirrored pair of fish: a Chinese symbol of abundance and romantic happiness. Representations of two fish swimming together is a popular gift for...
[more like this] - LOT NUMEROUS PRE-COLOMBIAN JADE BEADS
& PENDANTSA lot of numerous Pre-Colombian Mayan culture carved jadeite jade beads and pendants of various designs and shapes...see pictures. Longest dimension approx. 3" length...
[more like this] - LOT 8 PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYAN JADEITE CELT
AXE BLADESA lot of 8 Pre-Colombian Mayan culture carved and polished jadeite jade stone celt axe blades of various sizes. Excavated in Guatamala. Longest blade measures approx....
[more like this] - 4 PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYAN CARVED JADE EAR
GAUGE SPOOLSA lot of four Pre-Colombian Mayan culture carved green jade ear gauge spool earrings. Largest diameter approx. 3 3/8" and smallest approx. 1 1/8". Total weight...
[more like this] - 3 PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYAN OLMEC JADE FIGURAL
ITEMSA lot of three Pre-Colombian items that appear to be from the Mayan and Olmec cultures carved of green jade to include a large bead with tribal designs, an Olmec head...
[more like this] - RARE / LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN PUKARA STONE
JANIFORM HEAD**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, southern Peruvian Highlands, northern basin of Lake Titicaca, Pucara (also Pukara) culture, 250 BCE to 700 CE....
[more like this] - RARE ANCIENT ALASKAN BERING SEA WALRUS
IVORY FIGURENative American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. A rare and ancient walrus ivory carving of an anthropomorphic...
[more like this] - HANDSOME AZTEC STONE FACE OF MANPre-Columbian,
Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A dramatic mask carved from a gray volcanic stone, the head of a young...
[more like this] - LARGE WARI WOOD STAFF FINIAL W/ ANCESTOR
FACE & REPTILE...Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole...
[more like this] - GUERRERO MEZCALA BALSAS GREENSTONE PECTORALPre-Columbian,
southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala (Balsas) culture, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A greenstone pectoral, carved on one side to have a sun-like motif. Lines radiate from a deeply...
[more like this] - RARE ECUDORAN LA TOLITA BONE FIGURAL
CARVING**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A rare example of a stylized anthropomorphic figure carved...
[more like this] - SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR AN
EMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
[more like this] - RARE PETITE VALDIVIA CHORRERA GREENSTONE
JAGUAR MORTARPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia-Chorrera culture, Late Formative Period, ca. 1500 to 300 BCE. A gorgeous jaguar mortar of a near-miniature size that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - 1900S NATIVE AMERICAN TLINGIT MAMMOTH
IVORY TOTEM POLENative American, Northwestern United States, Tlingit, ca. 1900s to 1920s CE. An impressive hand-carved miniature totem pole made from fossilized mammoth ivory....
[more like this] - VERACRUZ BASALT PALMA WARRIOR / LORD
(FOR BALLGAME)Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a warrior or lord with a swirling motif surrounding....
[more like this] - HUGE TEOTIHUACAN / AZTEC STONE WATER
SPOUT 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...
[more like this] - SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /
QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. MAORI WOOD HOE KOWHAIWHAI MOTIFS,
ABSTRACT TIKI...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, likely Te Arawa people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb wooden paddle known...
[more like this] - RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,
EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO MBAGANI
WOOD RITUAL MASK**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial...
[more like this] - RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,
EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ BASALT PALMA WARRIOR / LORD
(FOR BALLGAME)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a warrior or lord with...
[more like this] - CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIAL
HALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
[more like this] - CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE CONG
W/ ABSTRACT FACES...**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Neolithic, Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300 to 2250 BCE. A stunning and finely-formed ritual funerary item known...
[more like this] - 20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI WOOD KACHINA
BY A. HONANIE...Native American, Arizona, Hopi culture, Moenkopi, ca. late 20th century CE. A wonderful, signed wooden kachina doll by the talented Hopi carver and silversmith...
[more like this] - MINIATURE CUPISNIQUE / CHAVIN JASPER
JAGUAR EFFIGY JAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. A superb hand-carved red-jasper jar in...
[more like this] - GREENLAND INUIT SPERM WHALE TOOTH TUPILAQ
SPIRIT FIGURE...First Nations, Northern Canada / Greenland, Inuit culture, ca. late 20th to 21st century CE. A dramatic carving of a tupilaq (tupilak), the avenging spirit...
[more like this] - RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,
EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with...
[more like this] - OKVIK CULTURE, CARVED FEMALE HUMAN FIGURE
c. 200 BC-200 CE, Bering Strait, carved walrus tusk with dark brown encrusted patina, the oval head with classic features, slit mouth and finely etched eyebrow hairs, above...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE Found in Ross Co,
Ohio, home of the 'Mound People' culture, carved from 'Ohio Pipestone' (Hydrated aluminum silicate, related to Kalinite), this in a grey-green clay with scratched decoration,...
[more like this] - 18 KARAT YELLOW GOLD DIAMOND, PEARL
AND MULTI-GEMSTONE FLORAL NECKLACE AND BRACELET18 Karat Yellow Gold Diamond, Pearl and Multi-Gemstone Floral Necklace and Bracelet, Including an 18 Kt. yellow gold necklace...
[more like this] - CHINESE CARVED HETIAN JADE CONG Mottled
Hetian jade stone of russets and yellows carved in a seven-tiered shape of the jade cong tubes of Neolithic Chinese cultures, carved with fine incised details to the corner...
[more like this] - CHINESE CARVED HETIAN JADE CONG Mottled
Hetian jade stone of russets and yellows carved in a seven-tiered shape of the jade cong tubes of Neolithic Chinese cultures, carved with fine incised details to the corner...
[more like this] - Guro culture wood carved mask, Ivory
Coast, in human form with large features and a bird featured at the top of the head....
[more like this] - A carved coral and platinum cameo and
cultured pearl bracelet Centering a finely carved coral cameo with cultured pearl and diamond accents attached to a five-row cultured pearl bracelet 6.25''...
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