Wooden spoon or scoop mounted with a brass bird, fish pendants and brass bands. The eyes and wings of the bird inlaid with stone and shell. H. 27 cm. Chimú culture (1100-1450).
Ex Dutch private collection.
A massive and elaborate seal of the rare roller seal group, probably for decorating bread, Pre-Columbian Carchi culture, Ecuador. 500 BC-500 AD.
A very beautiful and impressive seal decorated with geomethric patterns in solid grey stoneware. The seal born with protruding handles, to make it easier to use.
Size: 12 cm. long!
Condition: Extremely fine.
Ex. Lyngbye Collection, Jan Pelle, aquired in the 1960s, with his old tag made later.
A couple of very rare Pre-Columbian containers, made of a long hollowed bone, clad in leather and decorated with shells, Chancay or earlier, pre 15th. century AD
Containers for holding pins, likely darts for a blow gun!
Size: 17 cm. for the longest and 11,5 cm for the smaller.
Condition: Choice, some loss to leather and shell decorations, but remarkable intact for type and age. With remnants of a cord on one of them...
Pre Columbian Lot 2 pieces One Volcanic Pestle and a Roller stamp or leg?
The leg possibly from Tlatilco and the pestle is unknown . Size pestle 2" on base and the stamp or leg is terracotta and is 2.25" tall by 1.25 W
Interesting hardstone axe, Pre-Columbian, 1st. millenium BC
Nice polisted sharp axe with rounded butt, unresearched for specific culture
Size: 10,5 cm.
Condition: Choice.
Ex. Old Collection
Pre Columbian sharpening stone .
The black smooth pebble like stone has deep cut marks in the center ,
size 2 1/4" by almost 2"