- FOUR BRONZE MORTARS AND TWO PESTLES4
1/2 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....
[more like this] - 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.,...
[more like this] - WOOD MORTAR AND PESTLEBritish, large
tropical 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
Condition:
scattered...
[more like this] - NAZCA WOOD SNUFF TUBE - ABSTRACT LIZARD**Originally
Listed 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...
[more like this] - AZTEC STONE TENON W/ JAGUAR HEAD**First
Time 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - TAINO, TWO HEADED PESTLE, ONE WITH A
CLOSEDmouth, 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....
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - BURA PEOPLES, GROUP POTTERY OBJECTS
Niger, (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)...
[more like this] - A GROUP OF VARIOUS STONE IMPLEMENTSA
group 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...
[more like this] - SEVEN PREHISTORIC STONE ARTIFACTSSeven
prehistoric stone artifacts, to include pestles, grooved axe heads, hammer, etc., largest - 14 1/2" l.
Condition:
As found, unrestored. Provenance: very large private Virginia...
[more like this] - GROUP OF VARIOUS STONE ARTIFACTSGroup
of 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.
Condition:...
[more like this] - THREE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN STONE TOOL
ARTIFACTSThree Native American Indian stone tool artifacts, to include skull cracker club retaining red pigment paint; full-groove axe head, identified as Lee County, Virginia;...
[more like this] - MASSIVE HAND-HEWN TREE TRUNK MORTAR
AND ASSOCIATED PESTLE
18TH CENTURY the pestle with double heads(2)Mortar 69cm diameter, 49cm high; pestle 95cm long...
[more like this] - TAINO, RARE MACROIS HEAD. DEFINED BY
HEADdominating 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...
[more like this] - TAINO, MASSIVE PESTLE WITH HUGE ANTHROPIC
HEAD.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...
[more like this] - TAINO, LARGE PESTLE, FULLY FORMED ANTHROPICfigure
with excessively huge head emphasizing the head as the source of visionary transcendence. The skeletal body symbolically representing the Taino religious belief that one has...
[more like this] - TWO ITALIAN BAROQUE BRONZE MORTARS AND
ONE 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...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF ARCHAIC STONE IMPLEMENTS
3 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;...
[more like this] - WEST AFRICAN BLACKSMITH'S MASK BOBO
TRIBE. 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...
[more like this] - Fourteen Shaving Mugs American, late
19th/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...
[more like this] - THREE PIECES OF TREEN. American mid-late
19th 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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