Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

From ancient Mexico, Nayarit, Lagunillas (Chinesco), ca. 200 BC to 200 AD. Terractotta shallow bowl with beige slip, red and black paint. Interior sho

A relatively rare type of vessel known as a Paccha (ritual watering device/vessel) from the ancient Huari (also spelled Wari) culture of Pre-Columbian

From southern Peru, Huari / Wari, Middle Horizon, ca. 550 - 1050 AD. Polychrome pottery canteen with heads in profile and corn plants. Custom museum-q

Nazca, Southern Peru, Ca 200 to 400 AD. Polychrome pepper bowl – could have actually been used to hold peppers for the meal. 5-1/2"D x 3-3/8&qu...

Pre-Columbian, from Southern Peru, Ca 200 to 400 AD. Nice example of the Nazca pottery skills! Tall kero in the form of a human face - decorated in ty

Pre-Columbian, from northern Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 - 600 A.D. Brightly painted pottery bowl with an interior painted decoration of four faces of supern

From ancient Peru, ca. 200 - 400 A.D. Wonderful Nazca polychrome vessel with a single stirrup spout on its back, colorful tail and head, breast decora

Pre-Columbian, from northern Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 - 600 A.D. Brightly painted pottery bowl with exterior painted decoration of four large stylized liz

Small, but wonderfully decorated ancient stone metate from the Veracruz region of southern Mexico, ca 400 to 600 AD. Rectangular ceremonial grinding s

An incredible and important work of art! Mayan Territories, Mexico, Campeche, ca. 550 - 950 AD. Carved jade pendant with beautiful open work and incis

Pre-Columbian, Tairona, ca. 500 – 1000 AD. A hollow-molded terracotta statuette depicting a standing male figure; he wears an elaborate headdress with

Dating to approximately 100 B.C. - 100 A.D., from Mexico. An enchanting terracotta female figure, she sits on a stylized chair, leaning forward. Each

A rare and desirable type of vessel incorporating a distinct figural type, from the ancient Jalisco region of Pre-Columbian West Mexico, circa 200 B.C

Ivory Coast, 19th to early 20th Century AD Blackish shiny patina, wonderful form, flat shoulders, high arched head. Star shape incision at stomach. 7

From SE Tanzania, Mid 20th Century. Abstractly carved in wood with smooth naturalistic features, drilled pupils and applied hair moustache. 11-1/4”

Nigeria. Well carved hardwood ancestor with short, powerful legs supporting an elongated hour glass form; separated arms following the curve of the n

Papua, Ca mid 20th Century AD. Carved thin openwork abstract Yipwon type charm used to promote successful hunting. 23” H, damages/losses and as is

Indonesian, 19th century AD. Elegant figural carved handle with a monkey atop a fanged Lasara monster. 6-1/2” L, intact. Complete with custom mount. N

Burkina Faso or Mali, mid 20th century. A wood carved stylized standing male with coffebean eyes, jutting jaw, hands to sides and angular beasts. A

Zaire, mid 20th century. Carved cylindrical torso with Fetish cavity. The head with prominent facial features, crescent headdress and protruding ear