Sold2018Costa Rican Guanagaste / Nicoya Stone Idol**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Carved from a stone of sage green hues, an anthropomorphic/avian axe god, the lower section a niSee Sold Price
Sold2019Costa Rican carved stone anthropomorphic idolCosta Rican carved stone anthropomorphic idol, Diquis style, figural carving, 14"h x 8"wSee Sold Price
Sold2019Ancient Costa Rican Sukia Stone Shaman "Smoking" idolA very fine ancient idol from Costa Rica, Central America, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed culture and dating to 1000 to 1400 CE. A fine "Sukia" or shaman figure carved from volcanic basalt stonSee Sold Price
Sold2016Fine Pre-Columbian Nicoya Costa Rican Stone MetateA fine and impressive Pre-Columbian ceremonial stone metate (grinding stone) from ancient Costa Rica. This example is of the Greater Nicoya type, dating to Period IV, circa 1 A.D. – 500 A.D. MeasureSee Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Fine Jade Tubular BeadCosta Rican Fine Jade Tubular Bead. Nicoya/Guanacaste. BCE 300-CE 800. Blue green jadeite. Length: 2 in. Very fine condition with calcified soil and mineral deposits. Provenance: Private Washington stSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Costa Rican Bird God Stone PendantUnusual three dimensional carved stone pendant of what appears to be an Avian style deity, carved from volcanic stone ( or other porous stone). Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 6See Sold Price
Sold2021Costa Rican Mace Head AssortmentCosta Rican Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including (2) owl heads; (2) alabaster parrots; and a cylindrical volcanic stone example; all having central holes for the insertiSee Sold Price
Sold2021Costa Rican Stone Shaman w/ Crocodile MaskPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, Atlantic Watershed Zone, ca. 300 to 700 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a mesmerizing deity or male shaman wearing a crocodile mask, staSee Sold Price
Sold2017Impressive Costa Rican Stone Metate - Flying PanelsPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An impressively large, carved volcanic stone effigy metate with decorative flying panels, presenting a grand and nicely curved tSee Sold Price
Sold2024Costa Rican Female Jade Axe God CeltPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is taperedSee Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Stone Deity / Shaman with Crocodile MaskPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a mesmerizing deity or male shaman wearing a crocodile mask, standing with hands to abdoSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Stone Pectoral Bat FormPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya Region, ca. 500BCE-500 CE. This rare bat form is finely carved from a rich, mottled deep green and white stone. Nocturnal bats - the only winged mammals tSee Sold Price
Sold2021Costa Rican Stone Mace Head AssortmentCosta Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including an avian form; (2) jaguar heads; an anthropomorphic; and an animal head; all having central holes for the insertioSee Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Greenstone Axe God - AvianPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is taperedSee Sold Price
Sold2016Stunning Costa Rican Jade Axe God, ex-ArnovickPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A superb jade axe god pendant carved in low relief from a stunning polished stone of white and grey hues, depicting an anthropomorphic figuSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Ceremonial Zoomorphic Mace HeadPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding zoomorphic head of abstrSee Sold Price
Sold2017Costa Rican White Stone Owl-Form Mace HeadPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Nicoya Region, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A wonderful example of a white stone mace head with its original archaeological surface. Often figures like these are over-polisheSee Sold Price
Sold2017Choice Costa Rican Stone Axe God - UnpolishedPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string-cut, an axe-god celt in the form of an abstract bird effigy with avian beak and wings, twin tufts emerging from itSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Carved Stone MetatePre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya type, dating to Period IV, circa 1 – 500 CE. Masterfully carved by an ancient craftsperson from a single block of fine-grained stone (likely Andesite), thisSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Guanacaste-Nicoya Jade PendantPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 250 to 800 CE. A gorgeous jade stone pecked and polished into a thin flint-like pendant in the shape of a miniature celt with a suspension drilled froSee Sold Price
Sold2021Costa Rican Stone Avian Mace HeadPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An interesting mace head of a hefty and potentially deadly form, hand-carved from mottled beige-hued stSee Sold Price
Sold2018Beautiful Costa Rican stone mace head in frog formA beautiful Costa Rican stone mace head in the form of a frog, Atlantic Watershed region, Nicoya, c. AD 800 - 1500, with detailed head and legs; central vertical shaft hole. 3 1/4 x 6 1/2 in (8.3 x 16See Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Stone Avian Amulet - Original CalichePre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A beautiful amulet of a slender form, hand-carved from a mottled white stone with pale-orange and clear veining throughoutSee Sold Price
2023Costa Rican Green Stone Ceremonial Three Skull Mace HeadGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Memorializing an ancestor or representing a deity with large eye orbits and cut toothy mouth in green andesitic basalt. Centrally pierceSee Sold Price
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