Almost exactly one foot tall, this ancient Egyptian red ware, wide-mouthed jar (102.68HD) is intact and in overall good condition. It does have a small cluster of radiating stress cracks on the inner wall (they just barely reach the outer surface), one area of surface erosion probably caused by partial exposure to the elements (oval shaped and about four inches in diameter), and a fair amount of shallow surface pitting...
The twelve Pre-Columbian stone axes in this group (LLL293, LLL304, LLL777, LLL780, LLL781, LLL787, LLL789, LLL790, LLL803, LLL804 and LLL816) were all found in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon. Each axe is individually described on its photo. Dating broadly from the Pre-Classic to the Post-Classic Periods, the ages shown are rough estimates only. Mostly made from basalt, the axes have varying degrees of polish and wear...
The 3 pieces in this ‘group of twelve’ are carvings and scrimshaw done by Eskimo artists (BB224, 226 and 228). From the estate of the late Billy Branch of Denver, each photo illustrates a different and independently priced piece. Included in the scrimshaw group are: a walrus buckle and a Captain Ahab plaque. In the carved group: a polar bear. Inexpensive pieces for the collector of Eskimo art, each photo is annotated with the following information...
All of the items in this group of twelve individually priced ancient Egyptian artifacts (96.289HD, 96.304HD, 96.438HD, 96.516HD, 96.695HD, 96.766HD, 96.847HD, 96.882HD, 96.883HD, 96.919HD, JAM31 and JAM52) are from the Philip Mitry collection. Dating from the 11th to the 30th Dynasties, this selection includes scarabs, scaraboids, a ring face, cowroid, and a button scarab. Most of the scarabs have hieroglyphic symbols. Material types are steatite, jasper, faience, and quartz...
This new assortment of Pre-Columbian items from the collection of Lorenzo Fritz (LFG 347, 436, 457, 1001, 1005, 1007, 1009-1011, 1014 and 1017) is made up of 7 hand modeled clay figurines from West Mexico, two pieces of pottery (one from Tiahuanaco and the other from Mexico), an Inca period decorated bone weaving batten, and a set of four West Mexican carved shell beads in the shape of frogs...
Here's the last of the five points we have on consignment from the Rhonda Beck collection (RXB16). Although an attached tag has the notation "Cobb's" (and the inked words "Pope Co ILL" on the side of the blade itself), I believe this is an un-notched pre-form of the Tennessee River type due to the absence of the Cobb's characteristically beveled edges. The Tennessee River is an Early Archaic point dating c.7000-4000BC...
The twelve diverse strands of beads illustrated in this group (100.101HD, 100.217HD, 100.88HD, 102.29HD, 102.85FHD, 96.996HD, LLL170, MAJP, MAJP99.1, WJF356, WJF451 and WL439) include an interesting assortment of ancient Scytho-Sarmatian, ancient Persian, Pre-Columbian, African trade, Indian trade, and ethnographic beads. The strands range in age from the 2nd Millennium BC to the 20th century. Most of the necklaces are wearable, but two and possibly three of them are not...
The twelve Spanish Colonial silver cob coins in this group (97.54AHD, 97.54BHD, 97.55AHD, 98.5DHD, 98.5EHD, 100.63UHD, 100.63VHD, 100.63AEHD, 100.63AMHD, 100.63AQHD, 100.63BiHD, and 100.63BJHD) include six that were drilled on two edges for attachment to a 20th century belt (noted in the photos as having ‘New Holes’), and six that were drilled in Colonial times for either wear as a pendant or for securing them with thread to an article of clothing to prevent the coins from being lost (noted ...
This relatively large, handled, open-based ceramic censer (LLL719), with its ribbed or plated body, appears to represent an armadillo. 9 ¼” in length, the censer is in overall very good condtition with no restoration and only the tip of its tail (located just behind the handle) missing. A few minor chips and a small amount of pigment loss are also noted. Attributed to the Pre-Classic Colima horizon, the censer is dated c.300BC-200AD...
Aside for the overall quality and frequent uniqueness of the artifacts and relics from the Dr. Allen Heflin collection, it’s difficult not to to rank its next most important feature as the extreme care practiced by Heflin in documenting the provenance of almost every one of his approximately 10,000 treasured items...
Dating into the latter part of the mid-20th century, this 5 1/8” tall silver kachina bola slide (BB199) is from the estate of the late Billy Branch of Denver. Unstamped, but nicely detailed and inset with deep sky-blue turquoise cabs, the slide is in excellent condition and was noted by Branch to be ‘dead pawn’...
Measuring 23” in length, this heavy carved wood staff handle (TF97.19) displays at its top a seated, long-faced, and rather gaunt-looking male with a tumpline around his brow holding a small burden on his back. Attributed to the Paramonga of Peru, c.1100-1400AD, this may have been the burden-carrier’s walking stick and the image on top, a depiction of how he probably felt at the end of a long walk carrying his burden...