Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

Jalisco, West Mexico, Ca 200 BC/AD. Pair of pottery figures, each seated with knees to their chests, hands holding some form of plate. Nicely decorate

From Colima, West Mexico, Ca 100 BC/AD. Standing pottery figure clutches small puppy to chest. 1-7/8" x 1" x 5"H. Custom stand. Pro...

West Mexico, Ca late second milleneum BC. Standing female figure with small waist, large hips and smallish breasts shown standing with arms to her sid

Zapotec, from the Monte Alban culture of southern Mexico. Ca 400 to 550 AD, decorated with gray slip in the form of a duck, with relief wings highligh

A very fine figural urn from the ancient Zapotec culture of Pre-Columbian Oaxaca, Mexico, circa 200 A.D. – 300 A.D. (perhaps transitional between Mont

Mexico, Veracruz, Ca. 450 – 650 AD. Stone hatcha showing a male in profile, mouth open in oration (chanting / song); he wears an ornate headdress that

From southern Mexico, Veracruz, Ca 400 AD. A large and rare pottery platform scene. Detailed and very expressive elder male, possibly an important lor

Gulf coast of Mexico, Remojadas, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. The figure is shown seated cross-legged, wearing a knee length skirt. Her face and upper body are

From Vera Cruz, Mexico, Ca 400 to 600 AD. Called an agouti, this rodent is found in southern Mexico, down to northern South America. A most unusual po

Northern Mexico, Ca 1250 to 1350 AD. Rounded polychrome pottery bowl with large emerging upper torso of human, decorated in traditional Casas colors o

Northern Mexico, Ca 1250 to 1350 AD. Wonderfully decorated polychrome pottery bowl with parrot head emerging from one side and its tail feathers the o

Ecuador, Ca 2000 BC. Solid stone slab made of native limestone, string carved with simple human features. 3-1/4" x 1" x 7-1/2 "H. Cus...

Validivia, Ecuador, ca. 3000 BC. Earliest stone idol in the Americas! With four sides, each with anthropomorphic features - man with owl face. **Simil

From the ancient Aztec culture of Pre-Columbian Mexico, circa 1200 A.D. – 1521 A.D. This example measures 3 ¾” tall (item alone, un-mounted) an...

From ancient peru, Chavin Maranon (Peru Jungle bordering Ecuador), ca. 1500-1200 BC. Ceramic vessel depicting a lobster or crayfish found in the Maran

From ancient Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 BC. Blackware pottery vessel representing transformation between type of Nile mudfish and Chavin underworld God, la

South Coast Peru, ca. 200 BC - 1 AD. Rare musical instrument - pan flute wrapped in multi-colored alpaca wool, adorned with human hair and feathers. M

From the South Coast of Peru, ca. 0-300 AD. Large polychrome bowl / olla depicting a flying condor; vivid colors! 8"D x 5"H. Provenance:...

Pre-Columbian, from the South Coast Peru, ca. 300-500 AD. Polychrome pottery bridge spouted stirrup vessel depicting a raptor catching what looks to b

From the southern coast of Peru, Ca 200 AD. Polychrome pottery olla decorated with an underworld diety on rim, base left reserved in deep brown. 5-3/4