Valdavian Stone Abstract Idol Earliest Horizon, Ca.

Valdavian Stone Abstract Idol Earliest Horizon, Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Ecuador, a carved abstract light green stone slab of triangular form with delineated eyes, nose and torso. Slight curve to right le

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a stylized curved form with boldly cut lines delineating three

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A Valdivian stone owl effigy with a stylized visage delineated on the upper section and a perched body with abstract wings up

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 4000 to 3500 BCE. A pair of small, cylindrical carved pieces of creamy green grey stone representational figures, highly polished, with incised

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. An abstract idol torso carved from hardstone of a dark green hue, perhaps chlorite. The top of the broad shoulders features a shallow

**Originally Listed At $125** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A lovely necklace featuring a Valdivian pottery spindle whorl pendant beneath petite st

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, earliest horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. Who (or shall I say Hoo Hoo) doesn't love owls? This abstract depiction of the wise bird is carved from a shell of ri

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand-carved stone owl effigy with stylized features, including a face dominated by eyes on its upper section and a perched

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand-carved volcanic tuff stone idol of a highly abstract form depicting what scholars believe to be an owl. The relat

Near East, Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. A highly abstract stone idol figure hand carved from a mottled green stone with 2 staring eyes. Tell Brak was a major M

Near East, likely Turkey, Anatolia, Bronze Age, ca. 4000 to 3000 BCE. A very unusual idol or ritual blade, carved from a thin piece of lustrous black stone with light grey and white inclusions. The cu

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. An abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies surmounted by elliptical heads that each co

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. A petite and abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies surmounted by elliptical heads th

Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone idol, made from breccia, a sedimentary rock composed of broken mineral fragments naturally cemeted together. The idol

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk period, ca. 4th millennium BCE. A beautiful and highly-abstract idol of an abstract form, hand-carved from a mottled

Anatolian Stone Idol, c.a 3000 - 2800 B.C. Female figure, in abstract form with round incised body, short arms, oblong head. Dimensions: 3" H x 1-15/16" W; Weight: 1.5 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private coll

Tel Brak, modern day Syria, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. This is an abstract carved stone figure with flat body surmounted by two well defined incised eyes. These idols were used for dedi

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A skillfully carved green mudstone idol depicting a highly abstract owl of a squat, trapezoidal form. The curious bird's

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a somewhat rectangular form with incised, string-cut diagonal a

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian people, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A gorgeously formed blackstone votive axe, huge, with excellent shape. The edges have a fine, smoothed edge; the stone