Adorable Tairona Pottery Coatimundi Whistle

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, 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,

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tweet, tweet, tweet! An endearing brownware ocarina depicting a sweet songbird, elaborately decorated with impresse

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, 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, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE and Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. The larger is a figural whistle from the Jamacoaque culture with a bulbous head an

**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, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An adorable pottery vessel of a coatimundi eating an ear of corn - emblematic of the animal's association with agricultural fertility. Envelo

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

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

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery whistle in the form of an adorable puppy as it attempts to stand on its four attenuated legs.

**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

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Two adorable hybrid humanoid/canine terracotta whistles from this shaft tomb culture. First, a small puppy-

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An adorable redware ceramic effigy whistle depicting a sweet bird. Avian forms were embraced in the Pre-Columbian world as sky animals that c

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. An adorable pottery vessel in the form of an opossum with a raised head on one side and a broad spout at the other, connected by a bridge-

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A low blackware bowl with a tall strap handle. Standing on four anthropomorphic legs, the vessel has, at the base of each end of the handl

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. Like much Tairona art, this one has so many details that it will take you many viewings to see them all. A blackware vessel with an elonga

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fantastic ceramic whistle in the form of a ballplayer, shown wearing a heavy yoke, with the body decorated with a

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An amazing mold made jar in the shape of a seated shaman figure. He is seated on a four-legged bench, with the bowl of the jar behind him,

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An incredibly detailed ceramic ocarina in the form of a jaguar-masked shaman with a massive, crescent-shaped headdress and twin serpents

Pre-Columbian, Colombia / Venezuela, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Large pottery urn or olla in human form. Large bulbous base with large single handle,, human head atop with coffee-bean eyes a

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A fascinating ceramic whistle in the form of a seated man wearing a large round pectoral, two huge round earrings, and a crest

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. An impressive hand-built whistle vessel comprised of 4 gourd-shaped chambers with a towering, conical spout rising from o

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE/CE. Very rare and very attractive pottery whistle in the form of a dancer. Legs and arms spread wide, rattle in each hand, applied loin-cloth and long s