Pre-Columbian, Moche figural vessel

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre AD 1000: item #777674
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Culture: Moche -- Period: Ca. 400 - 700 AD. -- Region: Peruvian North-Coast -- Size: H. 15,5 cm - 6.1 inch. -- Description: Hollow, molded pottery vessel in the form of a ruler seated cross-legged upon a throne. Wearing a round headdress with chin strap, hanging ear decorations and wide bracelets. Painted cream accents over red-brown. -- Condition: Chip on nose, headdress and base rim, some encrustations, otherwise intact.

TWELVE HIGH ANDES COLLECTIBLES: INCA TO 1900s

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1920: item #727882
LFG.NATIVE

All from the collection of research anthropologist and former Southwestern primitive arts dealer, Lorenzo Gordon Fritz, this intriguing and magical assortment of native-made items (LFG 430, 431, 435, 440, 457, 473, 477, 480, 481, 491, 492 and 498) date from the Late Inca Period up to the early 20th century. Collected by Fritz in the highlands of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, the group consists largely of magical stone fetishes (illas and sipjas) said to bring prosperity, good fortune, and fecundity... Click for details

LATE COLONIAL WOOD KERU FROM BOLIVIA

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1900: item #727877
LFG.493

If you’re hunting for a collectible with history and character, this well-aged Colonial Period wood keru (LFG493), measuring 8 ½” in length from handle tip to handle tip, may just be the one! From the collection of published research anthropologist Lorenzo Gordon Fritz, a former southwestern primitive arts dealer who, for the past twelve years, has been living with and assisting several of the indigent tribes in the remote highlands of Bolivia, this native drinking vessel is characterized by its... Click for details

Vintage Brazilian Rare Jacaranda Wood Storage Chest

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1900: item #665651

Description: Rare Brazilian Jacaranda Wood made storage chest or box.

Date: Mid 20th century

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Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1890

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1900: item #652378
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Excellent condition, supple hide, no beads missing. 11" x 3.5".

Colonial Cuzquena School Polychrome Wall Crucifix

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1900: item #491683
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Dramatic Peruvian religious polychrome wooden Wall Crucifix. Christ with hand beaded loin cloth and silver crown of thorns. Circa 1800 C.E. In good condition. 44" high

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

Antique Bolivian Silver Sipping Tube

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1837 VR: item #156440
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This elegantly hand-wrought Bolivian bombilla (sipping tube for yerba mate) dates from the first years of the 19th Century and is in heavy mine silver of excellent purity. The classically simple design extends even to the basket-weave detailing on the insertion section that allows the tube to be pulled apart for cleaning. It is approximately nine inches in length.

Antique Bolivian Silver Mate Cup

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1837 VR: item #156432
287AAA

An almost Picasso-like creation, this standing mate in heavy mine silver features an attached dished base raised up on four coiled feet that echo the “ears” of the cup. The only surface designs are a double row of ratcheted circles and four punched-in quatrefoils, all on the base. This eccentric little figure is Bolivian, late 18th Century, and measures approximately four inches by 4-3/4 inches at the base and 5-1/4 inches tall.

Spanish Colonial Silver Cup

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Handiwork Pre 1800: item #156288
286AAA

High-waisted and sporting a fine ogee handle, this hand-wrought Northern Provincial cup is of fine quality mine silver. An owner’s mark is ratchet-engraved on the bottom. It measures about three inches diameter at the handle and 2-3/4 inches tall. Late 18th Century. Excellent condition.