This 15” x 17” shadowbox frame (AXH65) contains 66 authentic Pre-Columbian atlatl points and arrowheads all found by the late Dr. Allen Heflin in the Lake Sayula area of Jalisco, west Mexico. As is typical of points actually found in the field, a number of them have minor dings and chips, but on the whole are in good condition. The pieces in this interesting and representative frame were made mostly from obisidian (different types and colors) with at least one made from basalt...
Sporting a nose ring, complex ear ornaments, armlets, and an open mouth that would seem to indicate a 'singing' drummer, this seated polychrome figure (CLP 33) is attributed to the Nayarit of West Mexico, Ixtlan del Rio style, dating c.100 B.C. to 300 A.D. Just TL-tested by the Ralf Kotalla Lab in Hamburg, Germany, it has been determined to be 1800 years old (+ or - 300) years...
The third great point (RXB.1) from the Rhonda Beck collection, this is a 4 1/2" long x 1 1/8" wide Agate Basin point in top condition. Dating into the Transitional Paleo to the Early Archaic Period, c.10,500-8000 B.P., it comes without specific provenance, but the stone type has been identified as High Ridge Burlington Chert by well known authenticator Calvin Howard...
This assortment (PBF212) of tiny Pre-Columbian shell, ceramic and bone beads has been enhanced with 23 modern gold-plated beads to add color to the wearable collection. The ancient non-metallic beads were found in the area of Yumbo, an old town in the middle Cauca Valley of western Colombia...
Possibly a representation of the wind god, this 9” tall stone sculpture (AXH1461B) is from the Dr. Allen Heflin collection. Marked on the back on a white ink panel is Heflin’s note that it was found in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Though he didn’t attribute it to a specific group, it is thought to be Huasteca in origin, dating c.900-1300AD. Made from dense volcaniclastic stone, the figure from the front depicts a crested, open-mouthed face...
All of the items in this group of twelve individually priced ancient Egyptian artifacts (96.174HD, 96.178HD, 96.321HD, 96.388HD, 96.465HD, 96.581HD, 96.620HD, 96.624HD, 96.632HD, 96.652HD, 96.726HD and 96.970HD) are from the Philip Mitry collection. Dating from the 11th to the 26th Dynasties, this selection includes nothing but scarabs. Some of the pieces have hieroglyphic symbols and some do not...
All of the items in this group of twelve individually priced ancient Egyptian artifacts (96.199HD, 96.231HD, 96.257HD, 96.410HD, 96.550HD, 96.551HD, 96.572HD, 96.580HD, 96.616HD, 96.622HD, 96.684HD and 96.830HD) are from the Philip Mitry collection. Dating from the 11th to the 30th Dynasties, this selection includes mostly scarabs with one amulet of Min. All of the scarabs have hieroglyphic symbols...
This phenomenal depiction of the shaman undergoing empowerment is almost pure gold! Worn in Precolumbian Panama by a member of the Veraguas group, the 3 7/8” long pendant (100.80HD) was authenticated and tested as 23K gold by the Orenda laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico...
If you’re familiar with the Pre-Columbian Calima gold work of Colombia, you’ll recognize and appreciate another marvelous zoomorphic depiction of their figural artistry in this armadillo pendant (PBF209) dating c.100-1600AD. Even though measuring a diminutive 1” in length, the details noted on this ancient lost wax casting leave no doubt as to what its native creator meant it to represent...
Here’s another group of twelve Pre-Columbian ceramics (RDM 36, 39, 41, 49, 51-55, 58, 60 and 61) from the old Barney Mallonee collection. Individually photographed and priced, most of the pieces are from the Tiwanaku horizon of Bolivia with once again, a few being from Ecuador. There are polychromes, bowls and jugs, some with anthropomorphic overtones, some with zoomorphic. Represented are the Tiwanaku and Chorrera horizons, and perhaps a few others...
This unusual and attractively styled necklace (PBF204) is made up of a mixture of larger, slightly graduated, cream-colored Pre-Columbian stone beads each of which has the general appearance of the truncated top of an ice cream cone (i.e., 2/3 of the lower part of the cone is missing), separated by small disk-shaped spacer beads of the same material...
After looking at this brown chert beauty (RXB.9), you may have already guessed that it indeed is another from the Rhonda Beck collection! Typed as a Dalton-Hemphill dating into the Early Archaic period, c.8000-7200BC, it measures 5 5/8" in length and is virtually flawless with an old, lightly inked notation on one side that reads "Hardin Co, ILL"...