This is a Pre-Columbian CHUPICUARO Face Pendant from Mexico, 300 B.C. It measures about 1 1/4" X 1 1/4" X 1/2" ( 3.2 cm X 3.2 cm X 1.3 cm ). A jeweler worked with sterling silver to make this Face used as a pendant. The Chupicuaro Culture belonged to the Late Preclassical or Formative Period. It was located in the Northern Mesoamerican border, West of the Mexican Plateau. Their ceramics were angular figurines with geometric shapes. The motifs were deities, maternity, ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian MAYAN Shard / Pendant from Pueblo Bonito, Mexico, 300 - 900 A.D. A jeweler worked on this item with sterling silver so that it can be used as a pendant. It measures about 1 1/8" X 1 1/8" X 1/4" ( 2.9 cm X 2.9 cm X 0.6 cm ). The Mayans were a Mesoamerican Civilization that developed a complete written language system in the Pre-Columbian era. Their art, architecture, mathematical and astrological systems influenced their surroundings, covering an ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian MAYAN Face / Pendant from Mexico, 300 - 900 A.D. A jeweler worked on this artifact with sterling silver so that it can be used as a pendant. It measures about 2" X 3/4" X 2 1/4" ( 5.1 cm X 1.9 cm X 5.7 cm ). The Mayans were a Mesoamerican Civilization that developed a complete written language system in the Pre-Columbian era. Their art, architecture, mathematical and astrological systems influenced their surroundings, covering an area of about 6 ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian MAYAN Shard Pendant from Mexico, 300 - 900 A.D. It measures about 1 3/4" X 1/4" X 1 1/2" ( 4.5 cm X 0.6 cm X 3.8 cm ). A jeweler worked on this shard with sterling silver so that it can be used as a pendant. The Mayan art of their Classic Era has high level of aesthetics and artisanal sophistication. Their paintings, carvings, and reliefs show grace and accurate observation of their life. The Mayan extended throughout the present-day Mexican Est ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian NAZCA / NASCA Polychrome BOWL from Peru, 200 - 400 A.D. It measures about 6 7/8" X 6 3/4" X 2 3/4" ( 17.5 cm X 17.2 cm X 7.0 cm ). The Nazca Culture was located South of Lima. The Nazcas built huge irrigation systems, underground aqueducts, and The Nazca Lines (geoglyph). They were influenced by the Paracas Culture. Their ceramics were beautiful and colorful, as well as their textiles. They were very advanced in Astronomy, Agriculture, and Medici ...click for details
This is a Native American Indian PAPAGO Basket from the Ajo area, Arizona. It measures about 10 3/4" X 10 3/4" X 12 1/2" ( 27.4 cm X 27.4 cm X 31.9 cm ). The Tohono O'odham people were Native American Indians who were located in the Sonoran Desert of Southeastern Arizona and Northwest Mexico. Tohono O'odham means "Desert People". They were known as the Papago, but they rejected their name (given by the Conquistadores) because it literally meant Tepary ...click for details
This is a Native American Indian BRACELET made of sterling silver and turquoise. It measures about 1 1/4" X 2 3/8" X 1 7/8" ( 3.2 cm X 6.1 cm X 4.8 cm ).
This is a Pre-Columbian WARI / HUARI Polychrome Anthropomorphic KERO from Peru, 500 - 1000 C.E. It measures about 5 1/2" X 5 1/2" X 6" ( 14.0 cm X 14.0 cm X 15.3 cm ). The Wari Culture was a Middle Horizon Civilization located 6.8 miles ( 11.0 km ) North-East of the modern city of Ayacucho. Ayacucho was then the center of a civilization that covered much of the Highlands and Coast of modern-day Peru. Besides the Wari Ruins, the Northern Wari Ruins or Cerro Patapo, are ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian NECKLACE made of Old Trade Contact Beads the Early Spaniards traded with the Indians: Nueva Cadiz (turquoise and blue), Spondylus, Chevrons, Green and Clear, Gold, and other Spanish - Colonial and Pre-Columbian beads. It measures about 24" long ( 61.2 cm ).
