Tairona Whistle - Colombia

A fine Tairona whistle from Colombia, ca. 1000 - 1500 AD. This unusual figure is 4-1/4 in. high and depicts a feline deity wearing a loincloth. He is adorned with a necklace holding a trio of cactus b

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fascinating whistle in the form of a monkey-like figure with anthropomorphic details, including a round, brimmed cap, a bowl held in one hand,

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, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A delightful blackware whistle in the form of a coatimundi, seen here curled into a ball and clutching a branch. Holes in the sides of the

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE; Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely gathering of 3 hand-built pottery whistles. First is a Costa Rican whistle depicting a

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

A Large Tairona (Colombia) Blackware Lidded Vessel For similar examples, see Armand J. Labbe's Colombia Before Columbus: The People, Culture, and Ceramic Art of Prehispanic Colombia, New York: Rizzoli

Tairona, Colombia, 1000 AD. Picasso Like Janus Head Crocodile Vessel, depicting two small crocodile pups on either side in a maze of glyphs. A most impressive sculpture! 4 1/4" high, 12 1/2" x 7 1/2".

A pair of ceramic avian ocarinas from Costa Rica and Colombia. The first is from Tairona, Colombia, c. AD 500 - 1000, and in the form of a dove. Creme slip with hind portion in burnished black. Two no

A choice Tairona pendant from Colombia. It is 3 in. high and portrays a shaman wearing a fancy ceremonial headdress consisting of two serpent heads with extensive ornamental elements. His reptilian fa

Pre-Columbian Jadeite Skull Pendant. Pre-Columbian, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Tairona. Age Unknown. A Jadeite skull pendant. It has prominent facial features. There is a small hole drill

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fabulous pendant depicting an abstract, three-headed jaguar that is hollow-cast from tumbaga with a high 45.5% gold content. The recumbent anim

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. Stunning solid gold pendant in the form of a standing shaman. He wears a large nose ornament with scrolled designs along base, suspension

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A truly beautiful gold pendant, part of a group of hollow gold and tumbaga figures known as the caciques, chieftains, which are some of th

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A charming poporo vessel shaped from sheets and wire of tumbaga containing 37% gold. The petite vessel takes the form of a owl perched atop a sle

Pre-Columbian gold figure of a cacique, Tairona culture, Colombia, CE 1000-1500. The standing figure of a male cacique shown holding part of his ritual belt with each hand. A large concentric headdres

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely necklace strung with semi-translucent gray chalcedony, black stones, 57.3% (equivalent to 13K+) gold spacer beads, and an 80.9% gold (19

**Originally Listed At $1800** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca.1000 to 1550 CE. A hand-built earthenware effigy vessel of a conjoined type with a pair of figures linking arms! A hollow piece behi

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. A lost-wax cast gold mythological creature known as a saurian with petite limbs and an elaborate 'tail' that is actually a second zoomorphic head.

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A remarkable tumbaga bell pendant in the form of a seated zoomorph resembling a monkey. The charming animal displays a piriform body adorned with

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fabulous and adorable tumbaga pendant in the form of a bird with a high amount of 55% (equivalent to 13K+) gold, cast using the lost wax proces

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A wearable necklace comprised of 48 ancient quartzite crystal and carnelian beads with an electrum pendant of hummingbirds. The beads are hand-ca

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A charming large pottery effigy jar in the form of a pregnant woman. She sits with her arms and legs outstretched, her hands raised up in

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A truly beautiful necklace composed of 107 carved greenstone seed beads, 13 rock crystal spacer beads, and 6 twenty karat gold tube beads.