FOUR BRONZE MORTARS AND TWO PESTLES41/2 x 6 in. diam. the largest.
Condition
All four mortars with rim chips and interior oxidation with minor nicks on the bases. One mortar with a 2 in. crack on the body....
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NATIVE AMERICAN HARDSTONE ARTIFACTS;TWO GROOVED AX HEADS AND TWO BELL FORM PESTLE GRINDING TOOLS. 6" X 4" X 3"Native American hardstone artifacts; two grooved ax heads and two bell form pestle grinding tools.,...
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WOOD MORTAR AND PESTLEBritish, largetropical exotic wood mortar with oak pestle, mortar 8-1/2 x 7-1/8 in., pestle 10-3/4 in.
Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
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scattered...
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NAZCA WOOD SNUFF TUBE - ABSTRACT LIZARD**OriginallyListed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A charming hand-carved wooden tube for use when ingesting snuff, in the form of a...
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AZTEC STONE TENON W/ JAGUAR HEAD**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A hand carved stone with a feline...
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MULTI PC. NATIVE AMERICAN RELIC, TOOL,AND POINT COLLECTION: Mortar and pestle, several arrow- and spearheads, animal claws/bones, and one very interesting early axe with an illegible old label attached that measures...
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TAINO, TWO HEADED PESTLE, ONE WITH ACLOSEDmouth, the other with a big toothy smile. Probably used to crush roasted cohoba seeds for hallucinogenic snuffing. The 2 Janus heads represent the Taino belief in duality....
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GROUP CONTINENTAL & ENGLISH METAL &WOODENWARE 19th/20th c., incl. a pair of antique Spanish baroque style brass candlesticks, an Italian Baroque style giltwood pricket stand, Samuel Yellin style wrought iron...
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BURA PEOPLES, GROUP POTTERY OBJECTSNiger, (8) pieces terracotta, incl. (3) pestles, (2) head fragments, and (3) vessels, 6"h x 4.5"w (largest), 4"h x 4.5"w (smallest)...
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A GROUP OF VARIOUS STONE IMPLEMENTSAgroup of various stone implements, Pre-historic or later Comprising a group of carved stone objects including five pestles of various sizes and stones, two mortars, a stone...
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SEVEN PREHISTORIC STONE ARTIFACTSSevenprehistoric stone artifacts, to include pestles, grooved axe heads, hammer, etc., largest - 14 1/2" l.
Condition:
As found, unrestored. Provenance: very large private Virginia...
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GROUP OF VARIOUS STONE ARTIFACTSGroupof various stone artifacts, to include undrilled bannerstones, celts, discoidals, etc., largest - 13 1/2" l., together with a wood mortar and two iron tomahawk heads.
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THREE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN STONE TOOLARTIFACTSThree Native American Indian stone tool artifacts, to include skull cracker club retaining red pigment paint; full-groove axe head, identified as Lee County, Virginia;...
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MASSIVE HAND-HEWN TREE TRUNK MORTARAND ASSOCIATED PESTLE
18TH CENTURY the pestle with double heads(2)Mortar 69cm diameter, 49cm high; pestle 95cm long...
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TAINO, RARE MACROIS HEAD. DEFINED BYHEADdominating pestle base, short, blunt, front and aft projections and bat nose. Named after a specific region they are found in near the town of Macrois on the southern...
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TAINO, MASSIVE PESTLE WITH HUGE ANTHROPICHEAD.Minimalistic in its simplicity but powerful in presentation. Strong lower jaw emphasized the strength and majesty of the cacique or ancestor being represented. Made of...
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TAINO, LARGE PESTLE, FULLY FORMED ANTHROPICfigurewith excessively huge head emphasizing the head as the source of visionary transcendence. The skeletal body symbolically representing the Taino religious belief that one has...
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TWO ITALIAN BAROQUE BRONZE MORTARS ANDONE PESTLE The larger with vertical ribbed or vine strips notched handles pierced with holes and everted rim the other with seahorse and cherub heads spaced by notched spines...
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COLLECTION OF ARCHAIC STONE IMPLEMENTS3 bird points plus a game stone-ring (discoidal 4'' diameter) with center hole polished; an effigy human face (from Mexico traded north); stone pestle 9.50''; pounding stone;...
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WEST AFRICAN BLACKSMITH'S MASK BOBOTRIBE. Together with a carved wood mortar and pestle spice grinder an African carved wood fertility figure an African carved wood male figure and two carved wood doll heads...
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Fourteen Shaving Mugs American, late19th/early 20th century: eleven with names, various images including caboose (D.D.&W.R.R.), livery stables, upright belt-driven grinder, horse and buggy, plain horse and buggy...
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THREE PIECES OF TREEN. American mid-late19th century wood brass copper enamel. Includes a round box with inscription engraved onto enameled copper ring in lid ''Andrew Laird from M. Laird 1836.'' Dark finish...
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