19th Century American Native Indian Iron Pipe Tomahawk Head
It is 6.7 inches (17 cm) in length by 2.65 inches (6.75 cm) wide. It is 0.9 lb.
It is tarnished and has rust, oxidation, pitting, and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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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!
Inca colonial Kero, Peru, 17th/18th century.
H. 13 cm.
Provenance:
In my collection since the mid 90’s, bought from an Amsterdam antique dealer.
Seated figure, Nayarit, West Mexico, 100BC-250AD.
H. 16,5 cm. The head restored.
Ex Dutch auction house, ca. 2005.
Standing figure, Nayarit, West Mexico, 100BC-250AD
H. 19,5 cm. Good condition: chip to the right ear and a minor repair to the tip of the nose. Good manganese deposits.
Ex Dutch private collection, collected in the 1970’s.
Seated hunchback figure, Jalisco, Mexico, 100BC-250AD
H. 18 cm. Good condition with great manganese deposits and traces of plant roots.
Ex Dutch auction house, ca. 2005, since then in my private collection.
A fine large ceramic vessel - a globular jar with negative resist pattern in black on red, Ecuador or Columbia, pre 1000 AD.
Size: 23 cm. wide and 14 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a tiny pin-hole in the side, preserved decoration.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark...
A beautiful large pottery food bowl, Pre-Columbian Moche culture, TL tested to be c. 2000 years old.
In orange ware with decorative red line at the rim.
Size c. 20 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. With some glue below the base from a previous mounting.
Comes with a Ralf Kotalla TL test from 1991!
Ex. Old German private Collection, aquired in the 1980s.
A large and attractive globular jar of blackware, Chimú c. 1200-1400 AD.
The vessel comes with a TL test from Ralf Kotallas lab.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
Height: c. 21,5 cm.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
A large and attractive globular jar with twin handles and decorations on the upper part of the blackware vessel, Chimú c. 900-1400 AD.
Size: 18-19 cm. tall and 18-19 cm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with two very small holes repaired.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
A lovely intact and large Messapian oinochoe with rotelles at the handle, 4th century BC.
The decor in dark brown depicting between broad lines on the shoulder and corpus a circle of leaves and two laurel-branches...
A larger and very refined La Tolita head. He wears a giant nosering and a cap, in hard burnt stoneware.
Size: 5 cm. tall and 5 cm. wide. Unmounted.
Condition: Choice.
Ex Old German Private Collection.
A fine selection of beautiful early heads, pre-columbian from c. 300 BC-600 AD.
Mainly Mexico, Maya, but could be others as well. Incl. a lovely head of a wrinkled old man with big ears.
Size: Up to c. 56 mm.
Ex. Austrian Private Collecyion, c. 1960-1990.
Pair of pottery fragments including a head with torso from the La Tolita culture, c. 200 BC-300 AD. and a very interesting head, that wears a mask that looks like a divers mask or an astronauts mask. Closely fitted over the eyes and nose. Peculiar!
Size: 44 mm. and 35 mm. tall.
Ex. Old German private Collection.
Museum Quality Antique Inuit Carvings Canada Polar Bear & Sledger c1910
MUSEUM QUALITY INUIT CARVINGS
These carvings are in damaged condition as can be seen in the images and are very scarce as they are extremely old. They were collected in the Northern Territories of Canada in the 1950's, but date to a much earlier period.
Pre Columbian Artifact Seated Woman With Bowl & Headdress Repaired
A PRE COLUMBIAN SEATED WOMAN WITH BOWL
This figural Pre Columbian pieces is, as can be seen repaired at some stage it is life and with all its pieces intact. Collected in the 1930's. Measures 5.5" in height
A highly attractive terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a geomethric pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 57 mm. tall and 40 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and ex a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
A highly attractive terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a monkey, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, LHustar Culture, 800-1200 AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition and large. Almost stone-like density of this orange-red ceramic.
Size: 61 mm. tall and 48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and comes with a picture of a receipt from a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
A highly attractive terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a geomethric pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition and large. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 57 mm. tall and 48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and comes with a picture of a receipt from a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1977, where it was purchased!
Collection Genuine 11 x Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Beads Ancient (g)
A COLLECTION OF 11 X PRE-COLUMBIAN BEADS
These beads, collected in the 1930's, are guaranteed genuine and are as seen in the photographs. A Provenance is available to the purchaser.
7 x Genuine Pre-Columbian Mayan Zoomorphic Fragment Ancient Colima Llama (f)
A COLLECTION OF 7 X PRE-COLUMBIAN ZOOMORPHIC FRAGMENTS
These head fragments, collected in the 1930's, are guaranteed genuine and are as seen in the photographs. A Provenance is available to the purchaser.
COAST SALISH c1890 Wet Gathering Basket 15" x 11" Pacific Northwest
A COAST SALISH WET GATHERING BASKET c1890
This beautiful basket dates to c1890 and measures 15" x 11". It is in good condition and its use was for "wt gathering", clams, oysters etc. as the water ran through the weave. A unique and rare piece!
Beautiful quality Spanish Colonial stye mate cup on four legs, sterling silver mounts with gold accents over a round and flattened gourd body, Rococo silver work depicting flowers, feathers, swirling designs, enhanced with gold flowers and bust of a man wearing a hat, 19th century or possibly much earlier, unsigned.
Measures 5 5/8" high 3 1/4" wide, 3 1/8" deep the body is 3" in diameter and the opening at the top is 1 1/8" diameter.
Gold accents include the floral, foliate and image of a man,...
This extremely rare Inca carved Llama bone blood cup depicts a battle scene. One figure is holding a copper tumi knife and the other is holding a knife. It is 3 1/4" tall and 1 5/8" wide. It is in very nice condition. Excellent age on surface. Both dressed in full battle regalia locked in mortal hand-to-hand combat. Patina is beautiful. Circa A.D. 1200-1400. Old museum number on bottom "115". From the Len Weidner Collection. This is one of the largest and finest collections in the country...
A substantial carving in emerald of an Horse 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 horse. 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 large and heavy carving in emerald of an Eagle 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 pair of carvings in emerald, incl. a finely carved and very large tortoise with segmented shell and a smaller Owl Fetish, Native American, probably Zuni, Navaho tribe and 20th. century (2).
The carvings are cut and polished in one transperant light blue-green stone. The massive turtle probably have had two legs made later and (re)-attached?
Zuni fetishes are small carvings made from primarily stone but also shell, fossils, and other materials by the Zuni people...
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 lot of three lovely points in silex and 1 in a fine translucent hardstone from the private collection of P.F. Wulff found in St...
A lot of three lovely points in fine silex and other finer stones from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
The three points carved in a better silex type of stone. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size. With finding place to St. Francis Coun...
A lot of three lovely points in silex and other finer hardstones from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
The three points carved in hardstone and probably silex. 1 is Paleo-Indian from c. 10.000-8000 BC, the other two are later Neolithic points and incl. a rare elaborate type.
Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refine...
A lot of three lovely points in silex and other finer hardstones from the private collection of P.F. Wulff found in St. Francis County in Arkansas (see note). We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
The three points are carved in silex and other stone. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts...
A lot of three lovely points in fine hardstones from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
The three points carved in scarce translucent hardstone, not silex. Two of them can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC, but 1 could be much earlier. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size. With...
A wonderful sturdy cloakpin of silver with the substantial finial in gold, Chimú-Inca period, ca. 12th.-15th. century AD.
Size 14,1 cm. and weighing 10 grams.
German Private Collection, aquired between 1975-1985.
A lot of 4 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
Lovely lot with some very elaborately knapped types in different kinds of fine stones. The lot includes types from c. 8.000 BC or earlier to perhaps as late as 2000 BC, more research is needed to accurately date each point. The Paleo-Indian knapping skills are among the highest we...
A lot of 5 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
Lovely lot with some very elaborately knapped types in different kinds of fine stones. The lot includes early types from c. 10.000 BC or earlier to perhaps as late as 2000 BC, more research is needed to accurately date each point. The Paleo-Indian knapping skills are among the hig...