Fine Narino Pottery Shell-Form Whistle - Monkeys

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, South America, Colombia, Narino, ca. 1250 CE. Beautiful and musical too, this finely made Narino pottery ocarina was modeled in the elegant shape of a seas

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Colombia to Northern Ecuador, Carchi-Narino Highlands, Narino culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A fine set of three mold-formed whistles in elegant conch s

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. A pretty musical instrument in the form of a seashell. Made of heavy pottery, this whistle is still fully functional! One side is painted a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino/Capuli Complex, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. Beautiful pottery whistle! Molded in the form of a conch sea shell, painted in bright red over tan geometr

Three Tray Lots of South American and Pre-Columbian Narino Pieces, to include star form vase, seated male and female figures, melon vase with monkey handles, bowls, whistle conch shell, along with bra

4 Pre-Columbian Narino Pottery Conch Form Whistles/Amulets, Ecuador/Colombia border, c. 800-1200 CE. Red and black painted geometric patterns on buff clay. COA from Amiguet's Unusual Ancient Indian Ar

Pre-Columbian, Ecuadorian, ca. 5th to 15th century CE. A charming pottery whistle in the form of a spondylus shell with protruding nodules depicting the spikes of the shell and a blow hole and mouthpi

DESCRIPTION: Ancient Pre-Columbian pottery ocarina whistle in the form of a shell. The instrument is pierced with suspension holes for wearing on a necklace or belt. CIRCA: Ancient ORIGIN: Latin Ameri

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery whistle in the form of a monkey with sizable, round eyes and a protruding snout in a characteristically s

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A Viru bichrome whistling vessel in the form of a sweet monkey or transitioning dwarf/shaman with simian features, an arched tubular bridg

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 750 to 1250 CE. A hand-built pottery ocarina bearing hand-painted linear decorations using red pigment atop the beige-hued gr

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A mold-formed whistle in the form of a standing skeletal simian. The haunting creature presents holding a rat

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, 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

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Colombia to Ecuador regions, Narino Highlands, Narino-Carchi, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A very fine and intricately decorated pottery vessel of a rounded form wi

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful standing turtle with a low-pitched whistle in the mouth. Lightly incised lines give texture to the shell edges and applied discs

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Mayan, Post-Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fine ceramic whistle in the form of an adorable jaguar with h

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Not only a gorgeous shell specimen, but also a wonderfully sonorous musical instrument of the ancient Narino culture. Superb provenance! Size: 2

Pre-Columbian, South America, Colombia to Ecuador, Narino Highlands, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. A stunning hand-built pottery bowl with deep, flaring walls upon a short foot, decorated via the negative resis

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. A pretty small bowl that sits on a slightly flared, flat foot. The interior of the bowl is decorated in negative resist with bold waving an

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Not only a gorgeous shell specimen, but also a wonderfully sonorous musical instrument of the ancient Narino culture. Superb provenance! Size: 1

California Faience Art Pottery Shell Form Low Bowl with an Associated Frog Fashioned with Three Crabs {Dimensions of bowl 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; diameter of frog 4 3/4 inches}

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. So rare, this fine pottery whistle represents a miniature seated redware shaman! He wears the classic shaman's horn on his forehead and a fan

Josef Steidl (Austrian, 19th/20th century), late 19th to early 20th century. Seven-piece majolica pottery shell-form dessert service, having polychrome decoration with sprays of grapes and peaches in