Guerrero Mezcala Jade Axe God Type M-22 Figure

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A large and pretty example of a hand-carved greenstone axe god of the Type M-22 that presents with abstract anthro

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 300 BCE. A finely carved and string-cut greenstone Mezcala standing anthropomorphic figure, displaying traits of type M-22 w

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A superb example of a highly stylized anthropomorphic figure of the classic M-18 type, hand-carved from greenstone

**Originally Listed at $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero Region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. An abstract anthropomorphic figure, closest to type M-10, hand carved and string-cut from a pale grey

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero Region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. Hand carved and string-cut from a rich greenstone, an abstract anthropomorphic figure, closest to type M-10, standing with bifurcat

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A pristine stylized anthropomorphic axe god figure of a Type M-12 variant that is hand-carved from serpentine, wit

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mezcala, ca. 300 BCE to 100 BCE. Finely carved and string-cut from a single piece of olivine-hued andesite, an anthropomorphic figure that possesses traits indicative of M-6 Mez

Pre-Columbian, Guerrero, Mexico, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. About as choice a small Mezcala figure as you will ever find. Type M-12, carved deep green stone standing axe god with string cut features

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, M-16 type, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely example of the M-16 type standing anthropomorphic figure that is hand-carved from mottled gray

**Originally Listed At $225** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A very fine Mezcala axe god figure, hand-carved from mottled omphacite jade. The minimalist, string-c

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved omphacite jade figure known as an axe god, so called because scholars surmise the ancient Mezcala ar

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A wonderful hand-carved and string-cut anthropomorphic figure, carved from a smoky gray hardstone (probably ande

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. An abstract standing anthropomorphic figure, hand-carved and string-cut from a mottled light-green di

Pre-Columbian, Guerrero, Mexico, Mezcala style, ca. 300 BCE. This is a good size carved green stone standing figure with a wide head, with simple circular drilled eyes, a ridge nose, and a slightly op

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture (Balsas culture), ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A remarkable example of Mezcala jade axe god, presenting characteristic abstract, anthropomorphic features. The s

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone figure of an intriguing form bearing delineated but simplified features, a definitive chi

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of abstract form known as an axe god with string-cut grooves creating the anthropomorph

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god of a substantial size with a stocky body displaying a pair of arms folded acr

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved stone axe god figure, so called because scholars posit they were creat

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. An abstract anthropomorphic axe god figure that is hand-carved from hardstone with mottl

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A fine, hand-carved and string-cut, deep grey-green stone (probably andesite) depicting a standing an

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A hand-carved stone figure of characteristically abstract form depicting an 'axe god

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A petite figure of a highly stylized form that is carved from an opaque white stone. The

The Mezcala culture of pre-Columbian Mexico developed between 700 and 200 B.C. Axe deities like this one, are the artifacts for which the culture is best known. It stands about 4" tall. This, and many