- NEAR ANTIQUE FOUR PATINATED BRASS BENIN
CEREMONIAL ZOOMORPHIC TOTEM AMULETS/INCENSE BURNERS Consisting of four patinated brass (Benin bronze) ceremonial zoomorphic amulets/incense burners, including crocodile,...
[more like this] - EXEMPLARY OLMEC RIO PESQUERO GREENSTONE
MASKETTEPre-Columbian, Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. In a word, wow! Finely carved and string-cut from a sage-hued greenstone with natural swirls of butterscotch...
[more like this] - FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,
Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN CONGO WOOD SLIT DRUM
- GOAT FORMCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, or Central African Republic, Lobala, Zande, or Banda people, ca. 19th century CE. This is a superb and...
[more like this] - HUARI LLAMA BONE DRUG SPOON W/ BIRD
& CRUSTACEANSPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A stunning hand-carved spoon made from the leg bone of a camelid, likely a llama with zoomorphic...
[more like this] - 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;...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE EASTERN ZHOU BRONZE DING
W/ LIDEast Asia, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning and large leaded bronze ritualistic cauldron known as a ding vessel with a matched lid...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIAL
STOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
[more like this] - MOCHE FINELINE STIRRUP MUSICIAN HOLDING
CONCH SHELL, TL...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED CHAVIN STIRRUP VESSEL EAGLE
& JAGUAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeque-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient...
[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] - RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/
LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
[more like this] - 20TH C. FILIPINO IFUGAO WOOD DOUBLE
BOWL ZOOMORPHSSoutheast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wood double bowl featuring the head of a zoomorph protruding...
[more like this] - 20TH C. TSIMSHIAN WOOD & HIDE DRUM +
WOOD MALLETNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Tsimshian tribe, ca. 20th century CE. A beautifully constructed hide and wood drum intricately...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN CEREMONIAL ZOOMORPHIC MACE
HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding...
[more like this] - RARE OLMEC / MAYA STONE JAGUAR MASKPre-Columbian,
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec to Maya cultures, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mask of grand form depicting a stylized jaguar in all of its ferocity. The...
[more like this] - LARGE AFRICAN TRIBAL ZOOMORPHIC CEREMONIAL
SPOON 20th c., possibly Baule Peoples, Ivory Coast, dark stained carved wood, the handle in the for of an open-mouth snake with silver metal eyes, 28"h x 6"l...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN CARVED STONE ZOOMORPHIC
MACE HEADPre-Columbian Carved Stone Zoomorphic Ceremonial Mace Head , 500-1500 A.D., Costa Rica, h. 1 1/2 in., w. 2 in., d. 3 1/2 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria...
[more like this] - TAINO CEREMONIAL AX WITH ZOOMORPHIC
HEAD.Pre-Columbian. The embossed area running from the ax forms the center and the middle of the handle suggests residual arms or legs. Nice balance when held. Made from a...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN MAYAN POLYCHROME COPADOR
GLYPH CYLINDRICAL EARTHENWARE POTTERY VESSEL ON THREE FEET. 6 1/2"H X 5 1/8"DIAM.Pre-Columbian Mayan polychrome Copador Glyph cylindrical earthenware pottery vessel on three...
[more like this] - A Pair of West African Dogon Wooden
Sculptures Two carved zoomorphic wooden sculptures. The smaller carving is likely a representation of a mother and baby antelope embellished with beads and metal ornamentation...
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