Jamacoaque Pottery Vessel - Transformational Shaman

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fabulous mold made terracotta effigy vessel in the form of a man with a deer! This is a rare depiction of a shaman or hunter resting o

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A wonderful blackware kero in the form of a shaman head in the midst of transformation. Supported by a flat, circular base, the ancient figur

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jama Coaque (Jamacoaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. This is a really great piece that calls to mind L.P. Hartley's phrase, "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. This is a wonderfully expressive figural urn, a seated male with obvious genitalia and a simian face. He holds one hand to his mou

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating figural vessel, with a round, bulbou

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fabulous polychrome effigy vessel of a generally globular form depicting a highly-decorated male shaman who holds ceremonial implements in

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fabulous polychrome effigy vessel of a generally globular form depicting a highly decorated male shaman who holds ceremonial implements in

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An intriguing figural vessel with a round, bulbous body, a projecting head, and arms and legs dominating one

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque, ca. 500 CE. Pottery of a crawling figure - perhaps a shaman in hallucinogenic trance. Nose ring and large headdress. Size: 5" L x 5" H (12.7 cm x 12.7 cm) Provenan

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A marvelous pottery stirrup vessel displaying the form of a seated shaman in the process of transforming into a bird. Adorned in

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A highly burnished figural pottery vessel depicting a seated shaman with an entranced gaze across its visage. The shaman features w

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, his

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, his face

Ancient Pre-Columbian Moche Relief Vessel with Shamen in Battle c.400-700 AD. Size 8 1/2 inches high. A Pottery, Moche Relief Vessel with Shamen in Battle. Phase IV . Provenance: Estate of David Sheri

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Casa Grande, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A rare example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated shaman smoking a pipe. The detailing on t

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, north coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 550 to 700 CE. A skillfully executed, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel portraying a seated shaman with knees drawn up to his chest and wearing a

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A skillfully executed, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel portraying a seated shaman with knees drawn up and holding a scepter in his right ha

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A highly burnished redware figure of a shaman seated in a pensive pose, all decorated in red slip, with lengthy arms that reach down towards

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel in the form of a shaman wearing a flared headdress that doubles as a spout and holding chumbagas or healing rattl

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

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A remarkable pottery shaman figure adorned in vibrant hues of marigold, emerald, and scarlet. Depicted crouching on an integral plinth, the anci

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi Province, Jamacoaque (Jama-Coaque) culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. An hand-built pottery vessel of incredible size with a globular olla on the verso and an incredible ef

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A very fine pottery vessel! Redware jar with small spout at top of head, in the form of a seated shaman. He wears the classic shaman's