FIVE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURALPIECES Five Pre-Columbian figural terracotta piece including, a terracotta whistle in the from of a standing human wearing ear spools, likely Ecuadorian, a face fragment with...
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ANCIENT AFRICAN NOK TERRACOTTA FIGUREDESCRIPTION:Ancient African Nok Terracotta Figure. This is a long cylindrical shaped terracotta figural sculpture representing a male with carved face on top, with protruding eyes, lips...
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ANCIENT AFRICAN NOK TERRACOTTA HEADDESCRIPTION:Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures of humans and animals in terracotta, the earliest such sculpture produced...
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ANCIENT AFRICAN NOK TERRACOTTA HEADFRAGMENTDESCRIPTION: Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head Fragment with carved protruded symmetric eyes and lips. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures...
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KNIFE THROUGH HEAD.Knife Through Head.Circa 1980. Butcher knife “gag” prop appears to penetrate a human head. Sturdy construction; a professional prop, not an inexpensive novelty item. 17 ¼” long....
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TAINO BASALT LIKE STONE SCULPTURETaino.Basalt like stone snake with human head. Snakes were metaphors for caves, the place or origin for Taino ancestors. They also represented rivers and clouds sources of water...
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IRANIAN POTTERY HUMAN-HEADED BIRD-FORMSPOUTED VESSELIranian Pottery Human-Headed Bird-Form Spouted Vessel Circa early 1st millennium B.C. or later Length is 6 1/2 inches (as is)
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MAYA STONE QUETZALCOATL HEAD W/ HUMANHEAD IN MOUTH**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A finely preserved stone sculpture...
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20TH C. CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA WOOD PORTRAITCUPCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fascinating carved-wood cup in the form of a human head. Sitting upon...
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INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**OriginallyListed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head...
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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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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEFLIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
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RECUAY FIGURAL DOUBLE-CHAMBER WHISTLEVESSELPre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Highlands, Recuay culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating pottery whistle vessel comprised of 2 cuboid chambers with an anthropomorphic...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME TROPHY HEAD VESSEL**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated...
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SINU FOOTED VESSEL HUMAN HEAD FORM,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Ecuador or Colombia, Sinu (Zenu) culture, 800 to 1200 CE. An intriguing pottery vessel on the form of a human head – the narrow eyes suggest a calm...
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BENIN EDO PEOPLE, BRONZE CEREMONIALSTAFF 19th c. Nigeria, in two pieces, naturally dark and verdigris patinated cast bronze, in a stacked totemic form, the round standard surmounted by a long beaked bird surrounded...
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(3) TONALA POTTERY HEAD COIN BANKS,MEXICO(lot of 3) Tonala burnish pottery coin banks, Mexico, modeled as human heads, with small loop handle at top, single coin slot at side, (one) marked Mexico underfoot,...
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COLLECTION OF MOSTLY AMERICAN INDIANETHNOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS, Approx. thirty-one pieces. 1-2) Two stone ax heads. 3-9) Seven pipes, one carved with diamond designs. 10) Stone amulet carved...
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CHINESE GILT BRONZE BUDDHA STATUE ,19THC. Chinese ,19th C, gilt bronze Buddha, Lord of death sitting in pratyalidhasana on a horse holding its front paws,red hair streaming behind an abbreviated crown, mouth agape...
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PAIR OF KOREAN CARVED WOOD TORTOISESTANDS, CHOSON DYNASTY FORM, 17TH-18TH C. OR LATER, SET WITH CANDLE PRICKS, MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE WITH TORTOISE BODY AND HUMAN HEAD, CARVED FROM A SINGLE BLOCK OF WOOD, OLD...
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HIMALAYAN FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA YAMANTAKALikely 19th c., Tibet, cast gilt copper alloy, in three parts, depicting Dharmapala Yamantaka as Vajrabhairava, with a fierce buffalo head and seven human heads, each with...
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ASIAN FIGURAL WORK ON PAPER Asian, possiblyIndonesian, figural gauche on paper, depicting chimeric figures of animals and birds with human heads and human bodies with animals heads all on a dark ground, having no apparent...
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TODD MURPHY, SIGNED GRAPHITE STUDY OFA HEAD Todd Murphy (American, 1962-2020). Untitled study of a human head, perhaps an interpretation of darkness and light in the human spirit, which is a common theme in Murphy's...
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IGBO PEOPLE, CEREMONIAL STOOL, EX KLEJMAN& HOOPER likely 19th c., Nigeria, dark patina carved wood, the round seat issuing a cruciform back, the top mounted with two heads in profile, the seat above an openwork base...
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OVERSIZE BRUTALIST HUMAN HEAD STEELBUST SCULPTURE ,20th CenturyGrotesque depiction of a man's head with open top exposing wire supports and interior structure....
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Sara Ayers Chief's Head Vessel (CatawbaIndian potter, South Carolina, 1919-2002), late 20th century, burnished earthenware pot with slightly flared neck, two sides with stylized human heads wearing headdresses...
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Sara Ayers (Catawba Indian potter, SouthCarolina, 1919-2002), late 20th century, burnished earthenware Chief's Head Vessel with flared and scalloped rim, two sides with stylized human heads wearing headdresses with...
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A Group of Four Tlatilco Pottery Figuresand Figural Fragments c. 100 BC - AD 300 the first a standing female with long hair and bulbous thighs height 3 1/2 in.; the second an animal's head resting upon outstretched...
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Seven Miscellaneous Pre-Columbian TerraCotta Articles, 1000 B.C.-1500 A.D., including an abstracted feline stamp figure, depicted with open mouth and in a crouching position, decorated with deeply-incised geometric...
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Non-Ceremonial Upper Amazonian ShrunkenHead, or tsantsa, a genuine human head shrunken and preserved in the traditional manner, h. 4", with hair length 25", presented on a custom steel and wood stand, h. 25",...
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Eleven Precolumbian and Precolumbianstyle carved stone beads and pendants and a green jade axe head the beads include a frog several human heads and a crouching monkey; the axe head carved of dark green stone...
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Panoan Culture Effigy Vessel, Peru,the terra cotta vessel with a flattened spherical neck representing a human head with raised features for the nose and ears, with a low, squat, sharply-ridged bowl, the...
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Nine ancient terracotta fragments: mosthuman heads, one woman with elaborate headdress, with one carved stone standing animal, most probably Roman, one possibly Egyptian, one possibly Asian, 1-3/4 in. to 6-1/2...
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Robert Gordy (American/Louisiana, 1933-1986)"Male Head", 1984, monotype, sight 24-1/2" x 17-1/4", pencil signed and dated lower right "R. Gordy '84", verso retains gallery label "Arthur Roger Gallery, 3005 Magazine...
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Sara Ayers Chief's Head Vessel (CatawbaIndian potter, South Carolina, 1919-2002), late 20th century, burnished earthenware pot with tripod feet, stylized human heads wearing fanned headdresses with incised decoration...
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