Rare! From Central Peru, Ca 1400 AD. Solid sheet of silver formed to go over a wooden kero which evidently has since decayed leaving only this cover. Unadorned silver with wide rim and base, base with holes for attachment. 2-7/8"H x 2-1/2"D at widest, intact and generally excellent, save a bit of erosion to base.
Pre-Columbian, from west coast of Central America, Costa Rica/Panama, ca. 700-1500 AD. A depletion gilded tumbaga lizard or frog with beaded design/band on back. 1-1/4"L, intact/excellent condition. 18g. With holes on each side for suspension. Rattle is intact/works! Perfectly wearable ancient art.
Pre-Columbian, from west coast of Central America -Costa Rica / Panama, ca. 700-1500 AD. A depletion gilded tumbaga large-eyed frog pendant with beaded design/band on back, sides along back legs. 1-1/2"L, intact/generally excellent condition. 14.5 gr. With holes on each side for suspension. Rattle ball missing. Perfectly wearable ancient art. ...click for details
Pre-Columbian, from Northern Peru, Chimu, Ca 1200 to 1400 AD. Silver kero used for drinking Chicha (Inca beer) made from hand-hammered sheet silver. Typical funnel-shaped body with very thin rim and narrow foot. 6"H x 5-1/16" base diameter, intact, save one or two small holes in body and a bit of minor distortion/creasing from age. Still a nice example! ...click for details
Extremely rare! From ancient Peru, Early Moche, from North Coast Peru, ca. 300 AD. Tweezers cut from sheet of silver and worked in repousse depicting a warrior wearing an elaborate 2-headed serpent headdress. With narrow tublular ring attachment for suspension. Custom stand. 2-3/4"L x 2-1/4"W, intact/excellent condition. And yes, tweezers actually work! ...click for details
An outstanding example... with amazing detail. From the Chimu culture of northern Peru, dating between 1000 and 1300 A.D., Sheet silver, hammer-molded drinking cup depicting a stylized human head, having a stepped headdress and bold facial features; corn/grain sack on his back (rare to find!). 8-1/4"H, intact/excellent condition.
Moche, northern Peru, Ca 2nd to 4th century AD. Large copper tumi (ceremonial knife) used in human sacrificial ceremonies. Top shows standing warrior in full battle garb, crescent headdress, holding mace and small decorated shield. Measures 8"H, intact/choice with deep patina. Custom stand.
A matched pair! From ancient Colombia, ca. 600-1000 A.D. High karat gold figures, each standing or semi-squatting with wide legs, slender bodies, raised, truncated arms with simple faces with raised slit eyes, mouth and low relief nose. Each wears a necklace and diadem; each perforated through neck for suspension. Both are 2-3/8"H, 32 grams of gold in total, both intact/in excellent condition. Sturdy/wearable. click for details
Superb example! Colombia, ca. 800 - 1500 A.D. A fine, cast yellow gold pendant with clouds of rose gold, in the form of a chief/ruler's head wearing an elaborate avian headdress and dangling nose ring. Hollow cast with opening under chin, once contained rattling balls, now gone. Flat-form face with small incuse eyes; raised orbits and cheeks. High bridged, straight nose bears a suspension loop at tip for nose ring. Simple, ovular mouth beneath. Headdress bears a bird, perched at center a ...click for details
An amazing piece! From ancient Colombia, ca. 800-1500 A.D. High karat yellow gold cast in the lost-wax process in the form of a fierce reptile having an elongated snout with bared, toothy grimace, beady eyes and bifurcated head crest. The slender body portrayed in a crouching position with legs coiled for springing, front legs, each with a suspension loop and erect tail terminating in a double spiral, spectacle motif. 65.4 grams total. 3-1/4"L nose to tail, several tiny pin hole casting ...click for details
