PLAINS INDIAN BRASS PIPE TOMAHAWK, CA.1880Plains Indian brass pipe tomahawk, ca. 1880, with octagonal bowl, scalled edge to head, brass tacks on haft with the remains of a red surface, a rawhide suspension holds...
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CA. 1896 HORACE S. POLEY LAKOTA OR UTEPHOTOGRAPHThis is a fantastic photograph circa 1896 by Horace S. Poley showing a large grouping of Southern Plains or Plains Native American Indians including an Indian Police...
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CA. 1775- RARE LENAPE BALL HEAD WARCLUBThis is a phenomenally rare and historically important early Lenape-Delaware ball head war club collected in the late-1700s in Coshocton, Ohio. This is rare and early...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE, LATEPERIODA lovely Egyptian faience bead necklace, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BC. It is 18 in. long and is comprised of fine faience tubular and disk beads in a nice variety of...
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19TH C. THAI GILT WOOD CROWNED BUDDHASoutheastAsia, Thailand, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning hand-carved wooden Buddha shown seated in lotus position atop a multi-tiered pedestal with hands in the Bhumisparsa mudra and...
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11TH C. KHMER STONE BUDDHA ON NAGA THRONESoutheastAsia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 11th to 13th century CE. A monumental, finely carved stone Buddha, seated on a three-tiered serpentine throne, with the...
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NECKLACE W/ OLMEC JADE BEADS, DUCK HEADPENDANTPre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of nearly 100 ancient beads carved from omphacite jade,...
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20TH C. NAVAJO BUFFALO NICKELS & TURQUOISENECKLACENative American, Southwestern United States, Navajo, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely and wearable necklace comprised of American currency, silver and brass beads,...
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20TH C. INDIAN NAGA NECKLACES GLASSBEADS W/ PENDANTSSouth Asia, India, Naga peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of glass bead necklaces with brass face pendants that were made by the Naga culture...
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12 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS - WADJETS& DEITIESAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A fine collection of 12 mold-formed faience amulets from...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM AMETHYST SCARABAncientEgypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A dainty scarab bead with a central suspension perforation, hand-carved from mottled purple amethyst with...
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19TH C. AFRICAN YORUBA WOOD IBEJI FIGUREWOOD BEADSWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Ibeji figure of fine form that was part of a pair of twins. The...
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19TH C. TLINGIT WOOL, GLASS BEAD, &ABALONE BUTTON BAGNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A beautiful handmade wool felt and...
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LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONEOBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd...
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KUSHAN SCHIST RELIEF FRIEZE OF MAN W/LION HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan & Northwestern India, Kushan Empire, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A hand-carved gray schist frieze depicting an elite man dressed in a tunic...
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NATIVE AMERICAN DOLL W/ BEADS & BANDOLIERBAG , 1930SSouthwest US, New Mexico, probably Zuni or Navajo, ca. 1930s. A handmade doll representing a Native American brave, skillfully constructed of muslin and dressed...
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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI HIDE &WOOD HAND DRUMNative American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous hand drum comprised of 2 circular pieces of animal hide sewn...
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MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL NECKLACE W/ WOODPECKERGORGETNative American, Southeastern United States, Tennessee, Greene County, Mississippian, ca. 1250 to 1450 CE. A lovely necklace strand comprised of over 100 thick discoidal...
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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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RARE MOCHE TURQUOISE JAGUAR BEAD W/GOLD INLAYPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 550 CE. A fabulous and rare example of a hand-carved turquoise bead in the shape of a fierce jaguar head bearing...
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RARE AZTEC SHELL ORNAMENT / LABRET CARVEDEAGLE HEADPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A fascinating and rare hand carved shell ornament with a separately carved eagle head set into the upper...
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15TH C. TIBETAN GILDED COPPER ELEVEN-FACEDLOKESHVARACentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. A striking gilt copper statue of the Eleven-faced Lokeshvara, a universal form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara....
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ROMAN 21K+ GOLD / BONE EARRINGS BULLHEADS (PR)Roman, Imperial period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A matched pair of incredible 88% gold earrings (equivalent to 21K+), each with a curved, twisted gold stem that...
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PALMYRENE / ROMAN LIMESTONE HEAD YOUTHFULFEMALENear East, Palmyra, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A finely carved Palmyrene limestone head of a youthful female beauty, her quixotic visage comprised...
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NAYARIT CHINESCO SEMI-NUDE FEMALE SQUATTING**OriginallyListed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco type, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A splendid pottery female figure of the distinctive Chinesco...
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MASSIVE SOUTHWEST BRASS BULL PENDANTW/ BELLS & NAJASouthwestern United States or Mexico, ca. 20th century CE. A nickel-brass plate hammered and cut into a bull's head then stamped with linear markings, and from...
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MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSELOF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord...
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Sioux Beaded Flop Head Club
ca 1900
threadand sinew-sewn with dyed horsehair drop; wooden haft wrapped with rawhide and further embellished with salt and pepper bead work; linear beaded designs and hide fringe decorate...
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A BEADED HIDE AND STONE WAR CLUBA beadedhide and stone war club, First Quarter 20th Century; Sioux A multicolor bead banded shaft with stone ax head and hide fringe at base 24.75" H x 5" W Provenance: Private...
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PHOENICIAN GLASS FACE BEAD ON STAND13/4 x 1 1/8 in. (face); 3 in. height overall.
Illustrated in Rolf Winkes, Love for Antiquity, Selections from the Joukowsky Collection , Brown University, 1985, p.43, cat....
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SMOKING MONKEY AUTOMATON, CA. 1890,POSSIBLY BYthe House of Phalbois, Paris. "Standing Marquis". Paper Mache head, glass eyes. Eye blink and lips move, lifts cigarette holder to his mouth, turns his head, and...
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BELLE EPOQUE D'ORE BRONZE AND CRYSTALTHREE-PIECE "HUNTING" SURTOUT DE TABLE, CA. 1880'S Heavy d'ore bronze and cut crystal three-piece Surtout de Table, including central single-tier tazza, 14"T x 8 ?"D, and...
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Antique Jeweled Russian Icon of St.Nicholas19th century the rectangular panel painted traditionally with a saint holding a text and his hand raised in benediction his head flanked by Christ and the Mother of...
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Sioux Beaded Calf-Head Bag thread andsinew-sewn and beaded using colors of greasy yellow pea green dark?blue opalescent and red white-heart; tin cones filled with red feathers length 12.5 in.ca 1900With tag noting...
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