A couple of very rare Pre-Columbian containers, made of a long hollowed bone, clad in leather and decorated with shells, Chancay or earlier, pre 15th. century AD
Containers for holding pins, likely darts for a blow gun!
Size: 17 cm. for the longest and 11,5 cm for the smaller.
Condition: Choice, some loss to leather and shell decorations, but remarkable intact for type and age. With remnants of a cord on one of them...
Nice ceramic vessel in a classic vase shape with fine Narino or Quimbaya culture, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.
Rough, glazed ceramic in red colour, w remnants of black resist painting.
Size: 18 cm. tall
Condition: Choice, completely intact.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark...
A substantial carving in emerald of an Indian head Fetish, Native American, probably Zuni, Navaho tribe and 20th. century.
The carving is cut and polished in one emerald stone and depicts the head of a Native tribes leader, carved on both sides of the stone. The stone is transperant light blue-green and very beautiful.
Zuni fetishes are small carvings made from primarily stone but also shell, fossils, and other materials by the Zuni people...
A nice example of an early small Mayan cylinder with several small stress cracks from the pre-Classic [1500 BC-300 AD] period. 3.5" wide and 2.75" deep.
This pointed bone splitter tool from the Bill Peterson Collection and ex-Jim Bennett is 5" L, including a 2" glued piece. It was found in Kentucky and shows incredible patina. It has a drilled hole for suspension. It is just a really neat bone tool in unusual form. It has been preserved with an Elmer's glue mix which many old collections used. I will hate to see this one go.
Scarce pottery vase, Pre-Columbian Culture of Guanacaste, 1000 - 1500 A.D.
A fine little vase with incredible vivid colours, trompetshaped with footring. Tagged with black ink 'Cazhaldma' in the bottom, possible a finding place.
Size: 10 cm.
Condition: Choice, few minor nicks to the rim.
Ex Westermann collection, from the 1960s
Attractive Pre-Columbian pottery vessel with heads, Quimbaya/Carchi, Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD
Interesting pedestal vessel with Zoomorphic heads and remnants of negative resist paint in black on red.
Size: 13 cm. wide, 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark...
lovely very finely woven Bolivian textile from the collection of Dr Evan Maurer. pristine condition
main section of belt is 2.25 inches wide and 18 inches long... plus delicately woven narrow strap tie on one side 18 inches... narrow strap tie from other side is 10 inches
Pre Columbian Lot 2 pieces One Volcanic Pestle and a Roller stamp or leg?
The leg possibly from Tlatilco and the pestle is unknown . Size pestle 2" on base and the stamp or leg is terracotta and is 2.25" tall by 1.25 W
A very early pre-Classic [1200 Bc-300 AD] Tlatilco female figure. Although the right arm and most of the headdress are missing, it is still a fine example of a very early pre-Columbian art work. 4" tall.
Mexican Pre Columbian Tlatilco Terracotta female Head with elaborate hair style and traces of black pigment. Rare fragment from an early culture c 1200bc-600bc. Tlatilco is noted in particular for its high quality pottery pieces, many featuring Olmec iconography. Tlatilco figures were known for their elaborate hair styles. Size 2" by 1.75"
A lovely large textile weight or Spindlewhorl, Pre-Columbian, Andean? ca. 600-1200 AD.
A very unusual size and with beautiful engravings of birds, unresearched and of old collection.
Diameter: 48 mm. wide (diameter) and ca. 2 cm. thick. Weight: 42,44 grams.
Ex. Old Danish Collection
A rare antique Pre-Columbian Jama-Coaque 300 B.C. - 400 A.D. ceramic amulet in the form of a standing nude male figure with an erect phallus. These types of amulets were associated with the male sex's power and fertility. The object has a hole at the temple for suspension.
CONDITION: It is in good condition, showing its age and wear. No repairs or restorations.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 5.4 cm...
A very unusual and possible rare pottery bowl with an elongated square design, Quimbaya, 7th.-14th. cent. AD.
A low rim bowl decorated on the sides with multible lines and criss-cross.
Size: 19,3 cm. wide, 15 cm. deep and 6 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice and intact with ancient patina.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark...
From the shaft tombs of the Southern Highland Narino Region of Columbia.
This choice vessel has the body decorated with a red-on-cream resist painted pattern. Serrated edge.
Size: ca. 75 mm. high and ca. 155 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Choice! nothing to remark.
Ex. The Professor D.H. collection, Münic, ca. 1960s.
Tang terra cotta image of a Court Official. Traces of original pigments. Miniatures are extremely rare. H: 7.9cm. Good condition- no damage or repair.
An attractive red terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a cruciform pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 43 mm. tall and c. 47-48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and ex a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
A selection 5 old and ancient native American silex arrowpoints.
These are difficult to date but surely very old and likely ancient. Native Types with fine patinas.
Sizes from 2,8 to 4 cm.
Ex. Okholm Collection