Matching pair of large Chancay wood posts.

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre 1492: item #773846
489.822

Culture: Chancay -- Period: ca. 1000-1200 A.D. -- Region: Peruvian Central-Coast -- Size: h. 105 cm - 41.3 inch -- Description: Both are hardwood, flat posts, each with rectangular, slightly tapering shaft and seven cut out squares. Surmounted with standing figures having low relief features, arms flanking the bod and large oval eyes. Wearing earplugs, circular patterned tunic and a squared headdress with similar decoration. -- Condition: Both intact.

Pre-Columbian, Nariño, medium sized coquero

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #773530
480.1437

Culture: Narino -- Period: Ca. 500 - 100 AD. -- Region: Colombia -- Size: H. 12,5 cm - 4.92 inch -- Description: Buff terracotta pottery, depicting a seated male on a flared bench, holding his left hands on the calf, wearing a cross-shouldered sash and with a wad of coca leaves bulging his cheek. Red-brown with remains of black negative resist geometric decorations. -- Condition: Intact, mineral deposits on the surface. Fire cloud to left-side of the body.

Vibrant Nazca Textile Fragment

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork Pre AD 1000: item #773529
ASX

Colourful! Textile fragment from the Nazca culture of ancient Peru, ca. 200 B.C. Wonderful red textile featuring several differnt types of creatures - deer?, toucans, fish, more. Textile is actually in two part, sewn together at mid-seam. All original pigments, still bright and strong. 13-3/4"L x 8-3/4"W, fragmentary, as shown, with worn areas, areas repaired in antiquity, and other areas needing repair. Still, a nice, large example with excellent color and animal motifs. ... Click for details

Costa Rican Polychrome Pedestal Plate

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery Pre AD 1000: item #773527
ASX

Stunning decoration! Ancient Pre-Columbian Pedestal Plate from Costa Rica, ca. 800-1000 A.D. Ancient polychrome decorated pottery, low pedestal plate with sylized zoomorphic creature (howler monkey?) contained within center panel. Outer rim decorated with dark brown and red bands (underside features similar banding). 8-1/2"D x 2-1/4"H, professionally reassembled from several large fragments, repainting only over affected areas. ... Click for details

Large Pre-Columbian Stone Celt

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone Pre AD 1000: item #773519
AMP004

Ancient Pre-Columbian Stone Celt, middle Pre-Classic, ca. 900-600 B.C. Of massive, expanding form, squared at the narrow end and flaring into a widening sharp edge; in mottled brown, dark and pale green stone (perhaps jade / jadeite). Similar to many Olmec examples sold thru Christies, Sothebys and Arte Primitivo. 6-5/8"L, intact/in excellent condition.
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Pre-Columbian, Viru, sitting monkey whistling vessel

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre AD 1000: item #773481
488.1451

Culture: Viru -- Period: Ca. BC 400 - 100 AD -- Region: Peruvian North-Coast -- Size: H. 15,5 cm - 6.1 inch -- Description: A bridge-spouted, whistling vessel in the form of a squatting monkey holding a kero in his hands. Painted orange-brown ground with dark brown linear decorations. Having the whistle-mechanism incorporated in the bridge; still producing a strong, high sound when blown. -- Condition: Some areas of encrustations, earthen and mineral deposits. Overall in excellent condition.

Maya Jade Deity Pendant

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone Pre AD 1000: item #773212
AMP001

Small but intricately carved... Ancient Pre-Columbian Maya Jade / Jadeite Deity Pendant, Guatemala, ca. 300 to 900 A.D. Carved in mottled green stone, and most probably would have graced the chest of an Mayan king or shaman by means of a chord woven through the side openings (much like a necklace). 1-1/8"L x 5-8"W x 1/2"D, intact/excellent condition with typical surface wear.
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Chancay Shirt

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork Pre 1492: item #772838
CY297

A lovely Chancay textile from Peru, ca. 1100 – 1450 AD. This is a complete shirt for an adolescent or female and measures 14” long and 12” wide. It is made from brown and tan striped cloth, with a green center stripe. Overall in excellent condition, with signs of wear and light staining. Beautifully framed and ready to hang.

Guangala Whistle Figure

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #772831
JM750

A sweet Guangala whistle figure from Ecuador, ca. 500 BC – 300 AD. This standing male is 6-1/2” high and is posed with arms to the sides. The incised designs represent clothing and ritual tattoos. In excellent condition, with good mineral deposits on the burnished slip. Great tone on the two built-in whistles.

See Valdez “Amerindian Signs”, page 105, for similar.

Moche Vendor

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #772823
MO919

An excellent Moche II figure from Peru, ca. 100 – 200 AD. This 7-1/4” high male portrays a vendor selling funerary offerings. He is depicted seated, with a textile tucked under the left arm and holding a canchero in the right hand. A typical stirrup bottle is suspended from the strap of his large shuspa. His face is tattooed with an incised mythical serpent creature with two heads and his ears are perforated. Overall in excellent condition, with good paint, mineral deposits and just a minor... Click for details