Colima Terracotta Drummer Whistle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta drummer sitting behind and beating his tall drum with both hands. This musician wears a fabulous, elaborate headdress

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural whistle featuring an elaborately dressed drummer standing behind and beating his tall cylindrical drum with b

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A small hollow pottery figural whistle in the form of a seated drummer, complete with drum, wearing an enormous crested headdress and large d

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely ensemble of handbuilt ceramic musical instruments, including a parrot whistle, a flute with an animorph head at one end and a smalle

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful pair of hand-built pottery figural whistles. Both playing drums, the larger figure is depicted seated, while the shorter one s

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three wonderful hand-built zoomorphic terracotta whistles. Two whistles take avian forms, one with donut-shaped eye

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery musician shown in a seated pose while playing a large drum held in the lap. The drummer wears a thick bangle on each arm

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing hand-built terracotta whistle in the form of a scorpion, embellished with applied ring-shaped eyes, mo

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A near miniature figural terracotta whistle depicting an endearing standing cargador (carrier) with a sack suspende

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three hand-built terracotta whistles in different zoomorphic guises: a bird with elaborately styled plumage on

Two Pre-Columbian, Colima pottery pieces, including: whistle of drummer form; together with carrier figure; H: 4" (largest, approx.)

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A sweet and petite terracotta bird effigy whistle donning a prominent crested bird headdress, elaborately detailed with applied filets. Nicel

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, 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, 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

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 1000. A pair of terracotta figures and a bow

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable terracotta whistling avian vessel in hues of dark umber, brown, and light orange, with a bulb

A pair of Terracotta sculptures in the form of Dwarf entertainers, there are hols in the back, possibly a whistle or ocarina? The set seem to be a pair with heavily eroded surface suggesting burial. C

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fantastic and large ceramic vessel in the form of a seated cacique (leader) elder, his eyes closed as if he is in a serene, trance-like sta

A Colima Terracotta Standing Male Figure with Incised Decoration West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Height 13 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Judith Meister, Highland Par

**Originally Listed At $5000** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A magnificent warrior figure of a sizable form that is hand-built

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. We have seen a few Colima puppies in our day, but this particular example is exemplary! What an expressive Colima puppy with a wonderfully bu

A Colima Terracotta Dog Effigy Vessel West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Width 12 inches. Property from the Private Estate of Jean Claude Ferrand, Paradise Valley, Arizona Provenance

A Colima Terracotta Dog West Mexico, Circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. Length 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Judith Meister, Highland Park, Illinois Provenance: The Meister Colle