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Pre-Columbian Tlatilco Figure, Valley of Mexico, Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 586163
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Tlatilco was a large Pre-Columbian village in the Valley of Mexico, located on the western shore of Lake Texcoco during the Middle Pre-Classic period, ca. 1500-500 BC. The Tlatilco culture (which also included the nearby town of Tlapacoya, where similar figures are found) was heavily influenced by the Olmecs, and even small figures like this one demonstrate some Olmecoid characteristics. AGE: 1500-500 B.C. ...click for details

Excellent Maya Tripod Plate with Rattles Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 580586
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Deer played such a critical part of the Maya diet that most of the meat eaten by the ancient Maya was venison. In fact, to compensate for overhunting in urban areas, some evidence suggests that Maya women raised deer in the household! Deer were also complicated symbols that served as an animal metaphor for the hunter and warrior due to their speed and agility. AGE: Classic Period, 600-900 A.D. ...click for details

Nicoya Ocarina of a Toucan, Pre-Columbian Costa Rica Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492 item# 579656
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Costa Rican art is interesting because it displays influences of both Central and South America. Nicoya-Guanacaste pottery is the best known pottery from this region, and it is distinctive for its bold red and black designs. This example is a cute little ocarina (whistle) shaped as a toucan bird with polychrome details. It still has a nice, clean tone, and it has two tone holes that can be covered to adjust the note that it plays. ...click for details

Affordable Pre-Columbian Mayan Head Fragment Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 575712
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This nicely mounted Maya head fragment still retains most of its detail and much white slip. The slip and curvature of the fragment indicates that it may have once been a part of a ceramic vessel or larger figure. There aren't many affordable examples of Maya art on the market these days, but this is a nice little piece for someone without a lot of money to spend. AGE: 250-900 A.D. ...click for details

Pre-Columbian Chorrera Mammiform Bowl Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 575711
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Whereas the later Jamacoaque culture would widely employ the use of molds to make ceramic figures, the earlier Chorrera culture of Ecuador (1200-500 BC) perfected the construction of hollow figures and ceramics. Most Chorrera figures, pots, and bowls feature hollow elements such as whistles or rattles. This particular bowl has six mammiform legs that once held rattles; most have been lost, but a few legs still rattle when shook. Chorrera ceramics also generally feature a great deal of burnishing ...click for details

Pre-Columbian Jamacoaque Shaman taking Hallucinogens Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 537152
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This incredibly detailed Jamacoaque figure from Ecuador shows a shaman in the act of snorting hallucinogens from his snuff tube. He is rendered in incredible detail, with his open hand held up to the side of his head in a disoriented fashion as the drugs take effect. Hallucinogen use is a common motif in Jamacoaque art, which aided in the shaman's transformation to another state, typically into a ferocious jaguar. Saunders' "Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas" not ...click for details

Pre-Columbian Fragment from a Burner, Teotihuacan Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 510975
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This interesting piece is a fragment from a burner, a common domestic object found in household debris from the sprawling residential area around ancient Teotihuacan. As you can discern from the slope of the attached remnant bowl, the prong with the adorno would have been mounted on the inside rim of the bowl with the face oriented outward. Three of these prongs would have been spaced at even intervals around the bowl, with a hole running down the length of each. In daily use, a stick would have ...click for details

Pre-Columbian Fragment from a Burner, Teotihuacan Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 507162 (stock#burn1)
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This interesting piece is a fragment from a burner, a common domestic object found in household debris from the sprawling residential area around ancient Teotihuacan. As you can discern from the slope of the attached remnant bowl, the prong with the adorno would have been mounted on the inside rim of the bowl with the face oriented outward. Three of these prongs would have been spaced at even intervals around the bowl, with a hole running down the length of each. In daily use, a stick would have ...click for details

Whimsical Pre-Columbian Hunchback Figure, Colima Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 499899
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This happy little hunchbacked water bearer vessel shows the depth of Colima statuary. Colima is one of the tiniest modern states in Mexico, located in the west-central region bordering the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists refer to the culture that flourished there in ancient times by its modern name since very little information is known about the people themselves. In comparison with the high civilizations of the Olm ...click for details

Choice Mayan Eccentric of a Scorpion, Obsidian Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 499897
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Mayan eccentrics are tiny, fascinating works of art whose purpose is still poorly understood. Eccentrics are thin, finely-knapped ceremonial objects made of obsidian, chalcedony, flint or chert. They are typically assumed to have served ritual functions and are generally found in caches in ceremonial contexts. Eccentrics take many shapes, including real or mythological creatures and important symbols from the Mayan world. They were produced over a very wide time span with Classic period producti ...click for details

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