Choice Nazca Cylinder Vase with Trophy Heads

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre AD 1000: item #449524

Beginning in the Middle Paracas Period (ca. 400 B.C.), the Cavernas Trophy Head Cult developed in the Ica Valley of Peru. Increasing population growth had likely made agricultural fertility very salient to the ancient people of Peru, and this growth mirrored a radical change in artistic conventions that focused on fertility. Sacrifices to the gods as a means of assuring fertility had always been important, and the Cavernas cult apparently provided the ceremonial means of harnessing the life/spir... Click for details

¤ TWO EXCEPTIONAL INDIAN AMAZONIA FEATHER HEADDRESSES

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Textiles Pre 1900: item #411830
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Exceptional set of two Indian Amazonia headdresses. Feather, reed, palm fibres and cotton. Condition, see detailed photographs. Dimensions: first headdress 75 '(190cm) high, second headdress 47'(120cm) high. Amazonia, 19th century.

Cute Pre-Columbian Moche Figure, Peru

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre AD 1000: item #340318

What a cute little figure! This figure of an expressive, chubby noble is a good example of why Moche art is appreciated as some of the finest of ancient South America. Constructed in a wide, flat mold from terracotta covered with a creme slip and decorated with red and black highlights, this figure is a nice piece of affordable Moche art.

The Moche culture, which left impressive archaeological sites and some of the ... Click for details

Very Special Antique Guatemalan Mask,

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre 1920: item #339517

This is a very special antique wood mask with inlaid blue glass eyes from Guatemala. It is from the first half of the 20th century, most likely the earlier part. The mask has good patina with "human" coloration and red pigments. It is 8" tall.

Antique Guatemalan Mask, circa 1st half 20th Cent.

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre 1920: item #338925

This is a wooden mask from from Guatemala from the first half of the 20th century, possibly early in the century. It has good patina. The horns have been replaced to restore the mask to its original appearance. There are strong pigments of red, black and white and is 7.5 inches tall. This mask shows wear that is consistent with its age and use. This is an authentic mask that was used for tribal purposes.

Nice Pair of Pre-Columbian Chancay Cloth Tunic Borders

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Textiles Pre 1492: item #324425

The Chancay culture (1200-1450 A.D.) was one of many that ruled areas of Peru prior to the conquests of the Incas. The Chancay reigned mainly in the valleys of Chancay and Chillon on the middle coast of Peru. In the early 1400s the Chimú state conquered parts of southern Chancay area, and by 1450 the Incas occupied both areas.

The best-known of the Chancay artifacts are textiles that consist of embroidery work, pain... Click for details

Cuzco painting on metal Saint Gertrude the Great

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre 1900: item #323892
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Cuzco,Peru late 18th century without frame width 10.5 cm. Length 14 cm. It is rare to see a woman other than Mary holding the Christ child. Gertrude the Great a 13th century German,could however, given her great love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In this painting she is not only holding the infant Jesus, she is also looking at his sacred heart. By her side is her special attribute, the crosier with pendant ribbon and she wears a cowl. In Peru her feast day is a great cause ... Click for details

Very Old Peruvian Shipibo Bowl

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre 1900: item #315063

This is a rare and unusual Bowl made by the primitive "Shipibo Indians", who live deep in the tropical forest of the Amazon Jungle Region of Eastern Peru. The Shipibo are very primitive people and have had only limited contact with modern civilization. The Men are typically hunter/gathers, who even to this day practice the ancient art of "Head Hunting" It is traditional that only the women make pottery. The clay, which requires several days journey in a dugout canoe to obtain, is mixed with a... Click for details

Silver and Coral South American Cross Pendant - Brooch

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1920: item #311160
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Early 20 century 3 inch tall pectoral cross pendant made of five 5 centavos coins from Ecuador. 2 front facing coins are dated:1893,1893, back facing coins: 1924, 1924, & 1 is obliterated by lumps of solder. See photos. A significant piece of early Ecuadorean and South American religious jewelry for the collector. All original pendants and 3 real coral drops. However, there is a good chance that the other pendants and metal parts that are not coins, are silver plate. I suspect this piece started... Click for details

Mexican Silver Stone Inlaid Pitcher 1920s

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American Pre 1910: item #295832