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Style: Pre-Columbian
Aztec Sculpture of a Spider Monkey with Pre-1970 UNESCO-Compliant Provenance
Located in Culver City, CA
Aztec Spider Monkey with Wind God Regalia
This sculpture portrays a spider monkey (Ateles geofroyi) wearing the regalia associated with the Aztec Wind God, Quetzalcoatl-Ehecatl. Th...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Maya Bird Sello Stamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Stamps, or sellos, such as this one were common during the pre-Columbian period in Mesoamerica and most popular during the Formative Period that spanned the years between 1200-800 B....
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian Style Nayarit Indian Polychromed Effigy Alligator Pipes
Located in Lomita, CA
This grouping of alligator-like or crocodile effigy antique pipes is both beautiful and intriguing. The wear on the backs and underside of the polychrome...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Costa Rica Jade Avian Axe God Celt Pendant Pre Columbian, 500 AD-1500 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Costa Rican Jade Axe God,
Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. A.D. 1-1500
Of celt form depicting the mythical part human- part avian figure, with circular eyes...
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15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
COSTA Rica Pre Columbian Jade Axe Avian Celt God Pendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Pre-Columbian Jade COSTA Rican Avian Effigy pendant
Atlantic Watershed 500AD- 1500AD
Measures: Length 9.75 inches
Width 1.15 inches
Depth .75 inch
Very nice COSTA Rican jade (axe god...
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15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Published Pre-Columbian Nicoya Ceremonial Stone Seat, Ex Arizona Museum
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nicoya Ceremonial Basalt Stone Seat in Shape of a Jaguar. Published in the Arizona Museum.
This large and finely carved example of Costa Rican skill and craftsmanship is in the form of a jaguar which may have been a lineage or clan symbol - as also was the crocodile - according to 16th-century Spanish conquistadors. There are so many features that make this masterpiece so unique. The most realistic depiction is the face with its head captured in a pose that is threatening and fierce.
Sculptors in ancient Central America developed elaborate metate forms that were associated with high status and wealth. They were commonly placed within graves of prominent individuals. Certain ancient rituals must have incorporated this activity and required special metates to be created for this purpose. It may have also served as a throne for the ruler, for whom the assurance of the fertility of his land and people would have been paramount.
Even today, stone metates...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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Wooden Sculpture of a Monkey and Her Infant
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture of a monkey holding a peach in one hand and her baby in another. Carved out of wood. Despite some signs of wear to the wood, the sculpture remains in good vintage conditi...
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Mexican Vintage Ken Edwards Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Quail Bird
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Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...
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Ceramic
Mexican Vintage Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Nafana "Bedu" mask, from Southern Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast. Wood with natural earth pigments. Note the double faces, one with tubular eyes and mouth for the dancer and the larger a...
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