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Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare figural ceramic vessel in the form of a shaman holding serpents. The figure wears a dramatic, conical

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A pottery humanoid form that depicts a de-fleshed man with remaining musculature and genitalia. The disembodied head presents with

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A wonderful pottery trumpet with an anthropomorphic figure forming the bell. The trumpet is hand built from a red terracotta and painted with

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A wonderful and expressive pottery vessel depicting a seated figure leaning slightly forward. The pensive figure sits

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A remarkable pottery figural whistle shown standing with bulbous legs and short arms that fall from square shoulders. The stylized

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Middle Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A wonderful pottery whistle vessel comprised of 2 cuboid chambers connected via an ovoid tunnel. O

Pre-Columbian, south coast of Peru, Nazca to Huari transition period, ca. 500 CE. A charming mold-formed pottery jar featuring a flat base, a rotund body, a wide neck, and a cylindrical mouth bearing

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A fine pair of mold-made ocarinas in figural forms. The larger whistle is incredibly detailed and in the form of a jaguar-faced shaman or

Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 600 CE. A handsome, mold-made figural stirrup vessel in the form of an owl with a well-executed minimalist motif painted in alterna

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. An exceptional terracotta figural whistle depicting a musician standing atop two attenuated legs and holding a drum in his

Pre-Columbian Veracruz Pottery Figural Whistle. Provenance: Cowan's, Cincinnati, OH, April 6, 2018, Lot 393; Sotheby's Arcade, New York, NY, December 13, 2005, Lot 86. Size: 13.75'' x 8.25'' x 5'' (35

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. An exceptional terracotta figural whistle depicting a musician standing atop two attenuated legs and holding a drum in his

Pre-Columbian, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, ca. 1250 to 1300 CE, Very fine brownware whistle or ocarina depicting a standing shaman with elaborate incised garments. Standing hands to his hi

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A fascinating ceramic whistle in the form of a seated man wearing a large round pectoral, two huge round earrings, and a crest

Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz (100 BCE - 900 CE) Pottery Figural Whistle, on stand. Presented with a rounded face, almond-shaped eyes, overbite with a feathered headcrest, rounded belly, articulated re-atta

Pre-Columbian, Veracruz, ca. 100 to 1000 CE. This is a small figural bust that doubles as a whistle. It shows a bitumen-coated face wearing a large headdress, huge ear plugs, and some kind of draped n

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Definitely a conversation starter: a hollow pottery figure that functions as a whistle and is dominated by an enormous phallus. The artist in

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine pottery figural whistle, perhaps an athlete, wearing a conical helmet that straps under the chin and standing atop thick, slightly ben

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A mold-formed pottery whistle depicting a male dwarf. The figure sits upon a large posteri

Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Figural Whistle. Provenance: Cowan's Auction, Cincinnati, OH, May 14, 2018, Lot 81. Size: 6.75'' x 4.8'' x 2'' (17 x 12 x 5 cm). Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential R

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery whistle in the form of an adorable puppy as it attempts to stand on its four attenuated legs.

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery acrobat figure with an unusually contorted body. Posed in a handstand with the head facing for

Pre-Columbian Veracruz Pottery Figural Whistle.Including a figure with raised arms. Provenance: Artemis Gallery; Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, LA; ex Collection of Emmanuel Kramer; Exhibited at the U

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