This is a Pre-Columbian CHIMU / INCA Face Vessel from Peru, 900 - 1300 A.D. It is made of copper and silver. It measures about 6 1/2" X 5 1/2" X 8 3/4" ( 16.6 cm X 14.0 cm X 22.3 cm ). The Chimu Culture was located on the North Coast of Peru, in a narrow strip of desert, 20 - 100 miles wide, between the Pacific Ocean and the Western slopes of The Andes, crossed by short rivers that made their valleys very fertile. Agriculture and fishing were very important activities. ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian CHAVIN Wood Ornament from Peru, 1500 - 300 B.C. It measures about 6" X 3 1/2" X 8" ( 15.3 cm X 8.9 cm X 20.4 cm ). This sculpture depicts a man (who may be a shaman) and a person laying down... near a big Cactus. The Chavin Culture was located in the alley Conchucos on the Eastern side of the White Mountains, along the River Mosna, in the present Ancash, located 3,150 meters above sea level. Chavin spread from Lambayeque to Ica (on the Coast), f ...click for details
This is a Pre-Columbian NAZCA / NASCA Polychrome Bowl from Peru, 200 - 400 A.D. It measures about 6 3/4" X 7" X 3" ( 17.2 cm X 17.9 cm X 7.7 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 Medicine. Thei ...click for details
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
