Chavin Shell Pendant - Shaman-Jaguar Transformation

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A beautiful miniature feline pendant, hand-carved from a chalky white shell and embellished with finely-incised designs. The form depicts

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Amazon Rainforest, Maranon River, Chavin Maranon, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized shaman as he transforms into t

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A carved shell pendant, chalky white in color, in the form of a fantastical anthropomorphic face capped by serpent heads - like a Pre-Columbian Medusa.

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian or Chorrera, ca. 2300 to 1200 BCE. Skillfully carved from a large clam shell of creamy white and tawny orange hues, a very large pendant depicting a human figure, per

A large jade pendant with jaguar transformation. Ca. 1100-500 BCEDimensions: 6-1/2" l x 1-1/8" H. Provenance: Ex collection, New York, NY

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin to Vicus transition period, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A unique ceramic vessel, standing on three legs and in the form of a shaman transforming into a zoomorphic, possibl

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima circa 100 BC - 250 AD. Finely carved shell jaguar pendant. Carefully carved grinning mouth, deep carved eyes and snout slightly pointed upwards. Beautiful natural

Taino Owl-man Transformation Pendant. Likely a shamans piece as owls were shaman allies who helped find cures for alienated and disruptive spirits that dwelled in the dark. Made of a golden colored ma

Taino Owl-man Transformation Pendant. Likely a shamans piece as owls were shaman allies who helped find cures for alienated and disruptive spirits that dwelled in the dark. Made of a golden colored ma

Sodalite Jaguar pendant, Inca head pendant

Moche, North Coast Peru. 400 AD. Rare Janus Faced Stirrup Vessel depicting two faces of a Shaman in Transformation to a Jaguar (note fangs), having two actual jaguar faces on the reverse. 10 1/4" high

A YELLOW GOLD PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE SHAMAN PENDANT, crafted in the Costa Rica/Panama method, the pendant styled as a male human-jaguar with bulbous legs in an outspread stance, a traditional narrow wais

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A finely carved and string cut greenstone figure shown in the process of a shamanic transformation into a jaguar with lips protr

Rare Pre-Columbian Chavin stone transformation mask from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BC. Large mask carved from a molten brown color stone of a human in transformation to a jaguar. Very large

Rare object, with red paint to simulate blood(?), a protective amulet and an identifying marker, a pendant carved in fossilized shell (?) of a Jaguar, a god-like figure of strength and potency, worn t

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin Maranon, ca. 800 BCE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a shaman in the act of intensely spiritual act of transformation into an animal with an extending sno

Lot 47 BILL NASOGALUAK (1953-) TUKTOYAKTUK Crying Shaman Transformation, 1998 stone with inset glass, 10.75 x 8.25 x 6.25 in (27.3 x 21 x 15.9 cm) signed and dated, "B. NASOGALUAK 1998". Provenance Wa

Pre-Columbian Chavin jaguar stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1100-900 BC. Carved dark stone in the form of a jaguar, decorated with low relief patterns. A nice and rare example! 3 5/8" H. x 6 1/2" L.

**Originally Listed At $1750** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautifully-preserved shell pendant with a round, pale greensto

This elegant authentic necklace is from Cartier, crafted from 18k yellow and white gold featuring a shell shape swirl design pendant in yellow an white gold. Th pendant is attached to a sturdy oval li

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely shell pendant or gorget that is intricately carved to depict an openwork deity figure with a rabbit.

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama or Costa Rica, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An 18 karat gold pendant cast via the lost wax process with an open back, depicting a proud shaman figure highly decorated wi

Victorian Abalone Shell Pendant Light. The round body with inset shells and opalescent faceted glass jewels, the framework with rose motif; fleur de lis motif crown. {Approximate dimensions: 19 1/2 hi

Pacific Northwest Coast Art by Ron Telek (Nisga'a Nation, 1962-2017) "Shaman Transformation Bowl," red cedar, horse hair, human hair; base with incised signature. Provenance: Ex collection of Dr. Hora