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Mexican Guerrero Silver Mask w/ Lizard Motif Bell

Large Prehistoric Fossilized Platecarpus Mosasaur Skull

Taino Stone Zemi - Carved Anthropomorphic Cohoba Idol

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Native American | Ethnographic | Ancient Art

Artemis Fine Arts

Featuring Native American, Northwest Coast, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Ethnographic Art, Fossils, plus Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Fine / Visual art. All legally acquired, legal to sell. In-house shipping upon request.

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Bob Dodge

Artemis - Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic & Ancient Art

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Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe: Ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Native American, Woodland period, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A large steatite platform pipe of spare, architectural form, its long flat stem tapering to a hollow mouthpiece and

0001: Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe

Est.

$2,250

$3,500

SOLD

Woodland Stone Hawk Effigy Pipe w/ Shell Inlay Eyes: Native American, Eastern Woodlands, Adena or Hopewell Culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A greenstone effigy pipe carved in the form of a hawk, its shell-inlaid eye catching the light with warm,

0002: Woodland Stone Hawk Effigy Pipe w/ Shell Inlay Eyes

Est.

$1,600

$2,250

Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square Bowl: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A compact and finely carved black stone pipe, its squared bowl and tapering stem precisely drilled and polished, reflecting both skilled

0003: Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square Bowl

Est.

$1,200

$1,800

Lot Passed

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Three Mississippian Stone Animal Effigy Pipes: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1600 CE. A trio of carved stone effigy pipes representing the Mississippian cosmos in miniature: a cream-white bird-head pipe whose tapered beak

0004: Three Mississippian Stone Animal Effigy Pipes

Est.

$800

$1,200

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Mississippian Carved Stone Frog Effigy Pipe - Mottled Basalt: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1500 CE. A crouching frog rendered in mottled, speckled stone, its broad body hunched low and its smooth dome of a head tilted upward as if

0004A: Mississippian Carved Stone Frog Effigy Pipe - Mottled Basalt

Est.

$1,000

$1,500

SOLD

Native American Woodlands Bird Head Smoking Pipes: Native American, midwestern United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Eastern Woodlands & Fort Ancient Cultures, ca. 1000 BCE to 1700 CE. A pair of stone effigy pipe bowls, each carved in the form of a

0005: Native American Woodlands Bird Head Smoking Pipes

Est.

$800

$1,200

Native American Limestone Wolf Effigy Pipe: Native American, ca. 20th century or earlier CE. A recumbent canine effigy pipe, carved from warm reddish-brown limestone, presents the animal in full repose, its elongated body serving as the stem

0006: Native American Limestone Wolf Effigy Pipe

Est.

$600

$900

Lot Passed

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Native American Three-Quarter Grooved Stone Axe Head: Native American, MIdwestern to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodlands, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 CE. Ca. 3000 - 1000 BCE. Native American, MIdwestern to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodlands, ca.

0007: Native American Three-Quarter Grooved Stone Axe Head

Est.

$500

$750

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Three Woodland to Mississippian Stone Effigy Head Pipes: Native American, Woodland to Mississippian tradition, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A trio of effigy head pipes, each hollowed through the crown to receive a stem and carved with a distinct physiognomic

0008: Three Woodland to Mississippian Stone Effigy Head Pipes

Est.

$800

$1,200

Woodland Stone Tool - Grooved Handle Form: Native American, Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A finely shaped Woodland period stone tool distinguished by its elongated, tapering body and a carefully carved, ribbed collar encircling

0009: Woodland Stone Tool - Grooved Handle Form

Est.

$400

$600

Lot Passed

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Prehistoric Native American Stone Tools: Native American, Central United States, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A fine trio of stone tools: a hefty pestle for grinding corn, a smooth celt to be used as an axe for chopping, and a lengthy digging

0009A: Prehistoric Native American Stone Tools

Est.

$200

$300

Mississippian Marine Shell Gorget - Pintala, Alabama: Native American, Mississippian culture, found at Pintlala, Montgomery County, Alabama, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A broad disc cut from the columellar wall of a large marine whelk, its creamy ivory surface

0010: Mississippian Marine Shell Gorget - Pintala, Alabama

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck Vessel: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built jar of dark gray-brown ware, its body flattened into a broad discoid form and surmounted by a short, straight-sided neck with

0011: Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck Vessel

Est.

$700

$1,050

Lot Passed

Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Globular Long-Neck Vessel: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A swelling globular body rises to a tall, slender neck and flared rim in this earthenware bottle, its surface a mottled landscape of

0012: Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Globular Long-Neck Vessel

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

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Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - Incised: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A fish emerges in three-dimensional increments from the walls of this Mississippian effigy bowl, its head thrust forward from the upper

0012A: Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - Incised

Est.

$1,000

$1,500

0013: Mississippian Pottery Jar - Incised Flared Rim, Utility Vessel

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

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Published Mississippian Caddo Applique Pease Jar: Ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Native American, Caddo, Mississippian period, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large ceramic pease jar of commanding presence, its body partitioned into sweeping lobes by four raised

0014: Published Mississippian Caddo Applique Pease Jar

Est.

$700

$1,000

Native American Caddo Redware Pottery Bottle: Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built Caddo redware bottle, the globular body rising through a dramatically elongated cylindrical

0015: Native American Caddo Redware Pottery Bottle

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

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Mississippian Stirrup Pottery Vessel - Arkansas: Native American, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. A substantial Mississippian pottery stirrup vessel of hefty rounded form, featuring a looped handle and spout with small find holes on the shoulder

0016: Mississippian Stirrup Pottery Vessel - Arkansas

Est.

$1,000

$1,500

0016A: Mississippian Pottery Jar - Ex Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's 1988

Est.

$800

$1,200

Lot Passed

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Mississippian Pottery Vessel, Quadrangular Form: Native American, Southeastern / Midwestern United States, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Mississippian, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A square pottery vessel with rounded corners, and quadrangular body rising

0017: Mississippian Pottery Vessel, Quadrangular Form

Est.

$800

$1,200

Mississippian Caddo Incised Bottle - Swirl Motif: Native American, Arkansas, Saline County, Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A ceramic bottle of compact, globular form, its dark burnished body rising to a tall cylindrical neck that gives the

0018: Mississippian Caddo Incised Bottle - Swirl Motif

Est.

$700

$1,000

Lot Passed

Mississippian Incised Zoomorphic Bowl: Native American, Central-Southern United States, Mississippian or Caddoan Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A hand-built ceramic bowl darkened through firing and the long accumulation of burial soil, its

0019: Mississippian Incised Zoomorphic Bowl

Est.

$400

$600

Lot Passed

Large Mississippian Pottery Olla - Globular Jar with Short Collar: Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200–1500 CE. A broad, low-shouldered jar swells outward in a near-spherical body before drawing inward to a short, upright collar rim. Built by hand

0020: Large Mississippian Pottery Olla - Globular Jar with Short Collar

Est.

$1,200

$1,800

Lot Passed

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Artemis Fine Arts

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