Pre Columbian Copper Tairona Bird Tumi Figure

DESCRIPTION: A Pre Columbian Copper Tairona Bird Tumi Figure features in gilt and rusted red tones, decorated with a feathered tentacle bottom. Sits atop a lucite base. Total Weight: 4.5 Grams CIRCA:

DESCRIPTION: Pre Columbian Copper Tairona Bird Pectoral Figure with a hooked beak and decorated with fine grooves, and nice detailing along the center body and head crest. Sits atop a wooden base. Tot

DESCRIPTION: Pre Columbian Copper Tairona Bird Pectoral Figure with a hooked beak and decorated with fine grooves, and nice detailing along the center body. Sits atop a wooden base. Total Weight: 12.6

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. An amazing example of a ceremonial tumi, a curved, crescent-shaped blade topped by a long, cylindrical handle with a finial decorative motif of a

Small, probably Pre-Columbian tumbaga (gold-copper alloy), Tairona-style figure; the repoussé form standing with hands holding a jar behind his back, wearing a headdress inset with thre

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a small copper axe blade with a flared half-circle at the bottom. The top has a wonderful figure of a lord with a huge head

A choice Inca tumi fro northern Ecuador, ca. 1400 – 1500 AD. This fine ceremonial knife is 3-3/4” high, its heavy blade is 3-3/4” wide and the handle is topped with a nicely detailed figure that

Pre-Columbian gold Tairona Tumbaga figural finial depicting a seated male figure with a parrot / bird mask, decorative motifs and loops. 4.5" H x 1.25" W x 2.25" D. Comprised of approx 79.81% gold (eq

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hammered copper knife known as a tumi, with a flat, rectangular blade and a thick tubular tang. The blade spi

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A copper tumi ritual knife presenting a lengthy, trapezoidal body and a rounded blade surmounted by the figure of a warrior seated on one kne

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 600 CE. A large and sturdy copper tumi depicting a lord or deity of the harvest standing on an integral square platform. The figure stands proudly an

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A lunate, hammered flat copper knife blade surmounted by a thick flat handle incised on one side with original standing anthropomorphic figures - proba

An excellent Inca copper amulet from northern Ecuador, ca. AD 1400 – 1500. This intricately detailed figural tumi-form pendant is 2-1/8 in long and depicts a figure wearing a fancy headdress and mul

An excellent Inca copper amulet from northern Ecuador, ca. 1400 – 1500 AD. This intricately detailed figural tumi-form pendant is 1-7/8” long and depicts a figure wearing a fancy feather headdress

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A beautiful tumbaga (alloy of copper and gold) ornament, cast using the lost wax process, with its surface enriched by the depletion meth

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A hammered copper knife blade called a "tumi" with a lengthy, rectangular body and a thick tubular tang. The knife is surmounted by a bird, p

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Sinu Valley (Tairona or Quimbaya peoples), ca. 1000 CE. This is a finial showing two bird heads - probably toucans - made of tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper. Although the

Pre-Columbian, south coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A wonderful cast-copper ceremonial tumi, a curved, crescent-shaped blade topped by a long tubular handle with a finial decorative mo

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 AD. A fine tumi formed from a lengthy sheet of hammered copper with a slightly flared handle and cresce

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A fabulous copper ceremonial blade known as a tumi, with a camelid head serving as the handle. The blade is a highly stylized implement, with a broad, o

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hammered copper knife blade called a "tumi" with a flared blade edge, a narrow rectangular body, angular should

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Moche culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE; Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 AD. A fine ensemble of 3 copper tumis, each presenting flattened form

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. early 15th to early 16th century CE. A nice ensemble of sheet copper tumis and tweezers from the ancient Inca. First are two minimalist tumis:

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE; Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A nice gathering of four