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Trio of Mayan Ceremonial Green Stone Celts

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Trio of Mayan Ceremonial Green Stone Celts

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Description

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Maya, ca. 500 CE. A group of three tapered hand tools, carved from green-hued hardstone, in a highly stylized ritual form with curved blades opposite of the rounded butt ends. One stone has a light pistachio color with blue-green veining; one stone has a deep forest green color with russet-colored earthen material inside surface pitting, and the last stone is a near-black shade of dark green with a streaking surface. Size of largest stone: 1.375" L x 2.625" W (3.5 cm x 6.7 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection

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Condition

Surface wear to each celt with very minor losses to blade edge of darkest stone, otherwise very good. Some surface streaking and minor pitting.

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Trio of Mayan Ceremonial Green Stone Celts

Name: Trio of Mayan Ceremonial Green Stone Celts
SKU: 61979421
Price: 225 USD
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Estimate $450 - $675

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