Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

From the central coast of Peru, Ica culture, ca 800 AD. Pottey vessel with what appears to be two dancing shamans painted in added ochre over reddish

Rare form! Pre-Columbian Chimu blackware jar in the form of a series of fish and pelicans, ca. 1200 AD. 6-3/4"H, intact/generally very good, sa...

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 0 to 200 AD. Burnished pottery vessel in the form of an armadillo; with large shelled exterior, small head emerging be

Unusual - although we have been lucky to find four similar examples (email for pics/details of others). Moche, from ancient north coastal Peru, ca 500

Rare to find! Articulated pottery doll from the Vera Cruz region of Mexico, ca. 500 to 1000 AD. Solid body and head with freely-swinging attached arms

From northern Peru, ca. 500 AD, ancient pottery stirrup vessel decorated on both sides in high-relief depicting crouching monkeys having curled tails

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, ca. 400 to 600 AD. Life-size molded pottery face mask with relief facial features, large almond-shaped eyes with arched

Ca. 1532 to 1550 AD, created just after the Spanish conquest of the Inca. Each bowl of round, low form, turned on a Spanish lathe. First one has nice

Literally breathtaking! Long woven cloth strip from the Chimu culture of northern Peru, ca 1200 to 1300 AD. Cotton and camelid fibers with four birds

A very bright and vibrant tie-dyed textile fragment dating before the emergence of the Nazca in southern Peru, ca 100 BC - 100 AD. Of dyed cotton fibe

A lovely and very unusual Inca textile tump line, ca. 1350 to 1500 AD. Woven of camelid fibers (llama wool or alpaca) using a very rare purple dye, pl

Still quite vibrant... Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 600 to 900 AD. Grayware pottery bowl with remains of original stucco painted exterior. ...

From ancient Mexico, Mayan, Peten region, ca. 500 to 800 AD. Extremely fine and rare polychrome pottery bowl depicting the three failed attempts to cr

From West Mexico, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 300 B.C. Finely-burnished redware pottery vessel with three rattle-filled legs. 3-5/8"H x 7"W, i...

From the Peten region of Guatemala, ca. 500 to 750 AD. Polychrome bowl with creme ground, red horizontal stripe beneath rim and repeating temple patte

Pre-Columbia, from Jaina Island, Mexico, dating between 500 and 700 AD. Terracotta figure of a male figure wearing ceremonial dress, hands at his side

From ancient Mexico, Jaina Island, ca. 500 and 700 AD. Terracotta mold-made standing male figure wearing ceremonial dress, hands at his sides. 4-1/4...

Chimu, north-coastal Peru, ca. 900 to 1100 AD. Showing clear elements of the earlier Sican culture, blackware stirrup with conical base in the form of

Pre-Columbian, Mixtec / Mixteca-Puebla Type Valley of Puebla, Northern Oaxaca Region, Mexico, Post Classic period, ca. 1100-1400 AD. Tall double cup /

From northern Peru, Moche V, ca. 500 - 700 AD. Terracotta vessel in stirrup form, mold-made with red-orange slip, cream highlights. Nice deposits over