Ancient | Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace w/ Figural Pendant

Rare Nazca Polychrome Wood and Hide Tinya Drum

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Ancient | Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Artemis Gallery

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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Convenient / affordable in-house shipping!

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Maya Bloodletting Tool - Wood, Shell, Bone, Copper: Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. An incredible ancient bloodletting instrument, made from a fossilized piece of wood hollowed out and carved

0095C: Maya Bloodletting Tool - Wood, Shell, Bone, CopperEst. US$5,000-US$7,500Lot Passed

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Maya Copador Polychrome Bowl w/ Monkeys: Pre-Columbian, Maya, Copador, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A polychrome bowl presenting a pseudo-glyph band below the rim and an entertaining register of three monkeys that each carry a shield and present with

0095D: Maya Copador Polychrome Bowl w/ MonkeysEst. US$600-US$900

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Maya Jaina Pottery Ball Player: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Jaina Island, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 950 CE. A lively Meso-American ballplayer, skillfully modeled to capture the energetic motion of the famous game. The

0095E: Maya Jaina Pottery Ball PlayerEst. US$2,400-US$3,500Lot Passed

Maya Pottery Skull w/ Ghoulish Expression: Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Classic to Post Classic, c. 500 to 1100 CE. A ghoulish buff terracotta skull relief presenting an expressive visage comprised of bulging eyes framed by bony

0095F: Maya Pottery Skull w/ Ghoulish ExpressionEst. US$1,500-US$2,000Lot Passed

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Large Maya Polychrome Plate, Seated Dignitary: Pre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A large orangeware plate featuring a fine depiction of a dignitary or priest

0096: Large Maya Polychrome Plate, Seated DignitaryEst. US$1,800-US$2,700

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Maya Flared Bowl - Rare Form!: Pre-Columbian, Maya, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A redware pottery bowl with a grand circular rim and tapering body, sitting upon an annular base. Presenting in a warm shade of orange-red, this ancient vessel

0096A: Maya Flared Bowl - Rare Form!Est. US$600-US$800Lot Passed

Maya Pottery Jaina Seated Figure Crossed Arms TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Western Yucatan Peninsula, Jaina / Campeche, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A seated hand-built pottery figure with a distinguished headdress,

0096B: Maya Pottery Jaina Seated Figure Crossed Arms TL TestedEst. US$3,000-US$4,000Lot Passed

Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Attractive Incised Decoration: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 BCE. A hand-built brownware pottery bottle of a bell-shaped form with a flat base, tall walls, a rounded shoulder, a tapered spout, and a

0097: Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Attractive Incised DecorationEst. US$1,800-US$2,700Lot Passed

Chavin Cupisnique Pottery Vessel w/ Zoomorph: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A charming mold-formed pottery stirrup vessel presenting a flat, circular base, a voluminous body, and sizable stirrup spout

0097A: Chavin Cupisnique Pottery Vessel w/ ZoomorphEst. US$700-US$1,050Lot Passed

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Chavin Pottery Spondylus Shell Stirrup Vessel w/ TL: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 700 to 500 BCE. A beautiful pottery vessel, its body modeled to depict a spondylus shell delineated with four rows of pointy spikes emerging from its

0097B: Chavin Pottery Spondylus Shell Stirrup Vessel w/ TLEst. US$1,500-US$2,000

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Beautiful Chavin Shell Trumpet / Musical Instrument: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. An impressive seashell trumpet with beautiful white deposits on its warm yellow surface and perforations at its narrow end for

0097C: Beautiful Chavin Shell Trumpet / Musical InstrumentEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Fine Chancay Polychrome Textile Mummy Bundle: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1450 CE. A fine mummy bundle false head made from tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of beige, fuchsia, wheat, coffee,

0097D: Fine Chancay Polychrome Textile Mummy BundleEst. US$2,400-US$3,600Lot Passed

Chimu Wooden Royal Litter Post w/ Jaguar Finial: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-carved wooden post used on a litter. The slender rectangular body has a narrow tip, seven insertion cavities, and an

0097E: Chimu Wooden Royal Litter Post w/ Jaguar FinialEst. US$1,250-US$1,750Lot Passed

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Chimu Bi-chrome Maternal Effigy Stirrup Vessel: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. An outstanding bi-chrome terracotta stirrup vessel presenting an endearing maternal theme. A woman sits with bent legs, steadying her

0097F: Chimu Bi-chrome Maternal Effigy Stirrup VesselEst. US$550-US$1,000

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Chimu Pottery Stirrup Vessel with Figure Holding Llama: Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A fine mold-formed pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated figure holding a llama over his shoulders. Coated in a lustrous hue of dark

0097G: Chimu Pottery Stirrup Vessel with Figure Holding LlamaEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

Chimu Pottery Vessel - Jaguar Head & Lord: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A superb mold-formed pottery vessel depicting the head of a jaguar with a flat circular base, round body, slender tubular neck, flared

0097H: Chimu Pottery Vessel - Jaguar Head & LordEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

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Inca Stone Llama Canopa: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A sizeable and quite hefty canopa vessel, hand-carved from a jet black stone and polished until smooth. The llama has a rotund ovoid body with a

0097I: Inca Stone Llama CanopaEst. US$600-US$900

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Inca Pottery Aryballos / Urpu: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. An extensively decorated polychrome vessel called an aryballos due to its similarities to Greek vessels of this shape, but also known as an

0097J: Inca Pottery Aryballos / UrpuEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Inca Greyware Pottery Aryballo w/ Relief Figures: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. An impressive greyware vessel of a classic aryballos form with a pointed bottom and twin loop handles. Embellishing the vessel body are a pair of

0097K: Inca Greyware Pottery Aryballo w/ Relief FiguresEst. US$900-US$1,400Lot Passed

Inca Polychrome Aryballos: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. An extensively decorated polychrome vessel, a classic form called an aryballos due to its similarities to Greek vessels of this shape. The

0098: Inca Polychrome AryballosEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Conch Shell: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 BCE to 400 CE. A lovely mold made stirrup vessel in the form of a conch shell. The vessel sits on a flat base with one slanted end, rounded nubs on the

0098A: Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Conch ShellEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

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Moche Brownware Lizard Effigy Stirrup Bottle w/ TL Test: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 400 to 600 CE. An enticing stirrup vessel built from brownware pottery that features an adorable lizard or salamander seated atop a

0098B: Moche Brownware Lizard Effigy Stirrup Bottle w/ TL TestEst. US$600-US$900

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Moche Copper Ai-Apec Rattle: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE. An impressive copper rattle/bell depicting Ai-Apec in the center holding a tumi and a trophy head in both hands. The instrument includes

0098C: Moche Copper Ai-Apec RattleEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Moche Pottery Portrait Jar - Smiling Face: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. A fascinating portrait vessel depicting a smiling human face with an expressive visage comprised of squinting eyes, thick brows, a protruding nose,

0099: Moche Pottery Portrait Jar - Smiling FaceEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

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