Maya Cylinder Dancing Skeletal Deities, Trophy Heads

Pre-Columbian, Nazca culture, Peru South Coast, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A polychrome pottery drinking vessel (kero) with a slightly corseted body, a flaring rim, and a gently rounded base. Around the exter

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early 20th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden skull - replete with large eye orbitals, a deep nasal cavity, and a gaping toothy grin. In the past, headhunting was a

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, Peru, ca. 250 to 540 CE. Small but mighty, this little bowl boasts an impressively painted iconographical program, the exterior walls with a wide regist

CYLINDER VASE WITH TROPHY HEADS, painted ceramic vessel, 4” tall, 4 ½” diameter, estimated for auction by Sotheby’s in 1997 for $500-800. From the collection of Selma & Herbert Moskowitz.

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An incredible matched pair of lidded ceramic vessels of the style found in buried caches. The lid

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall cylinder vessel with a lid and bird head ring handle- the lid does not match this vessel but is of the s

Brass figure of a Tibetan dancing deity with an ornate head piece and flames on the their legs. Approximately 8 inches tall. Evident wearing to coating over brass. Brass figure, Tibetan Figural, deity

Beautiful ancient ceramic vessel with various painted motifs representing spirits, trophy heads and a feline deity. Nazca culture 200 BC - 600 AD, Southern Peru, South America. The Vessel has been re-

Peru, central coast SA, Circa 100 to 400 AD. Nicely rendered in bold colors with feline headed deity spread across vessel and holding a trophy head bounty. He wears a garment across body with a lovely

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. A remarkably preserved and elaborately painted bowl depicting a dancing lord surrounded by a border of repeated trophy heads. The bowl has an

A fine Maya cylinder from the Sula Valley of Honduras, ca. 400 - 700 AD. This excellent creamware example is 6-1/2 inches high and features a pair of deities as handles. It is decorated with carved vo

Pre Columbian Nazca Ceramic Cylinder 6.5''x3.5''. Exceptional polychrome fine line decoration with trophy head motifs. Professional crack repair to one side. No other damage. 400 to 600AD, Peru.

South coast Ca. 200 BC. Multicolor woven textile rectangular panel having a central depiction of a flying human headed deity wearing an elaborate mantle, he holds a trophy head in his left hand and a

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fascinating pottery head of a deity - possibly the wind god Huracan or the sun god Kinich Ahau - presenting a tran

Guatemala, circa 600 - 900 AD. Zoomorphic depiction of a deity with large round bulbous eyes, small pointed protruding nose, and skeletal like mouth. Likely mounted to a wall or affixed to a larger pl

wood, pigment, base "Citipati" is a protector deity in Tibetan Buddhism. It is formed of two skeletal deities, one male and the other female. Their dancing serves as a symbol for death and rebirth. Th

Pre-Columbian, Maya, Ulua Valley, Honduras, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A round-bottomed cylinder jar with a huge repeated motif of a feathered deity painted in fine-line black, dark brown, red, and orange on

Maya Artisan jade covered box with solid Jade Mayan Indian head top, handle, necklace and earrings. The cylinder base is of composition material with solid jade mounted squares.Dimensions: 17" X 7" Pr

Pre-columbian Maya Head Vase from Mexico, ca. 600-900 A.D. A vase with a head incorporated onto its side. The head is most likely of an animal or deity. The head has perforations on the ears which may

**Originally Listed At $600** Central Asia, India, ca. 16th century CE. A cast-bronze statuette depicting Krishna in a dancing pose. The deity stands with one foot curled atop a small cylinder, wears

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Campeche or Chiapas, Mayan Territories, Classic Period, ca. 400 to 900 CE. A hand carved anthropomorphic stone and stucco head of the May

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating pottery maskette representing the head of a deity - possibly Quetzalcoatl - presenting projecti

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An elaborate pottery head of a deity or lord, crowned by a headdress with the h

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A carved piece of brownish-red stone, pierced for suspension, showing the head of a deity or lord with clear facial features and