Pre Columbian Jade Sitting Man Figurine Carchi Found near the border of Ecuador and Columbia, Carchi Region. Features characteristic coffee bean style eyes. beautiful marbling in the jade. Sitting figure, with hands wrapped around the sides of the knees.
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May 24, 2009
Pre Columbian Jade Figuire For Sale
Antique Pre-Columbian Mexico Figures For Sale
This classic stone figure stands four and one eighth inches in height and dates from the Late Pre-Classic Mezcala Culture and dates from 500-100BC. It is hand hewn from a hard light colored grey/silver quartzite stone with streaks of white accenting the soft color and emits a silvery sparkle when held to the light.
Pre-Columbian Mayan Figure Central America For Sale
Pre-Columbian ceramic human figure. Great piece with wonderful aged patina. The figures' right wrist has a small and stable fracture that appears repaired. Has a nice size and dispalys beautifully. This figure looks old, but are not certain of the date, so will not venture to say.
Pre-Columbian Greenstone Mask, Teotihuacan for Sale
Pre-Columbian greenstone mask (RG50) has been authenticated by Stoetzer, Inc. of Miami.(PLEASE SEARCH FOR STOETZER INC,YOU WILL FIND THIS COMPANY IS VERY PRESTIGIOUS,HELPING MUSEUM,PRIVATE COLLECTORS,FOUNDATIONS,EVEN THE BIGGEST AUCTION COMPANIES LIKE SOTHEBY'S & CHRISTIE'S,THE MEXICAN PAVILION AT DISNEY EPCOT ETC). As is frequently found with ancient stone relics in an effort to restore them to their original appearance, Stoetzer reports that the surface of the mask has undergone high speed buffing in more recent years, and also states that the surface of the mask still shows the residual signs of pecking and use of ancient tools.
PreColumbian Tairona/Tumbaga Batman Gold Miner For Sale
Pre Columbian Tairona tumbaga Batman gold miner. - 27 grams - 1 7/8" high X 1 1/8" wide. There is a ring on the back of the head, so this could be worn on a necklace. . The Tairona believed they received powers from the animals, and the bat, living in the underground was the most powerful. This is the iconic figure of this belief. Tumbaga is the term the Spanish conquistadors gave to the mixed metal pieces the Tairona people of Columbia were making.
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May 22, 2009
Pre-Columbian 3 Bird Head To Tail Group Bead
In the 1960's a large number of caches of brown and black incised beads, or spindle whorls,were found in digs of the Manabi culture of Ecuador, dated 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.The greatest numbers were simply decorated with circles, dots and lines. A far smaller number depicted creatures that flew, ran or crawled, combinations of several of these, or fantasy figures. All were filled with a clay -like substance that accentuated the incised designs.We are offering a selection of these, the finest we've seen and selected from thousands. It is believed that the larger ones were spindle whorls, and the smaller ones strung as beads.This is a brown , three bird head to tail procession bead. Showing both sides. 14 mms. X 10 mms.
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ZAPOTEC PRE-COLUMBIAN Pottery FRAGMENTS
I obtained these fragments during a trip to Mexico in 1967. The two largest are 2 1/2" X 2 1/2". One is 3" wide. Zapotec civilization was a pre Columbian cilvilization that lived in the Vally of Oaxaca of Southern Mesoamerica. This culture dates back 2500 years and have left archaeological evidence such as buildings, ball courts, magnificent tombs and grave goods which included gold jewelry. These evidences are of the ancient city of Monte Alban, which was one the first major city in Mesoamerica.