Costa Rican Nicoya Stone Metate Zoomorphic Heads

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding zoomorphic head of abstr

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding platform known as a metate supported atop a quartet of thick feline legs. The rectangular vessel is flank

A fine and impressive Pre-Columbian ceremonial stone metate (grinding stone) from ancient Costa Rica. This example is of the Greater Nicoya type, dating to Period IV, circa 1 A.D. – 500 A.D. Measure

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A charming stone metate standing upon a trio of bowed legs with the abstract head of a jaguar projecting from one side. The minimalis

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A big metate, carved from volcanic stone, standing on three legs, with a long saurian-like head - probably a caiman, a common symboli

Costa Rican Metate of Basalt Stone with Head of Bird and Lizard Headdress . Metate: 950- 1050. Max L 18". Everson Museum, sold to benefit collections fund.

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Pacific Slope, Diquis/Nicoya region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a metate depicting an animal, perhaps a

Pre-Columbian zoomorphic stone mace head, 700-1000 AD, Nicoya culture, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized owl head, having a cylindrical hole through the center for attachment to a shaft, 2"

Pre-Columbian zoomorphic stone mace head, 700-1000 AD, Nicoya culture, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized owl head, having a cylindrical hole through the center for attachment to a shaft, 1.

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An impressively large, carved volcanic stone effigy metate with decorative flying panels, presenting a grand and nicely curved t

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya type, dating to Period IV, circa 1 – 500 CE. Masterfully carved by an ancient craftsperson from a single block of fine-grained stone (likely Andesite), this

Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including an avian form; (2) jaguar heads; an anthropomorphic; and an animal head; all having central holes for the insertio

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Nicoya Region, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A wonderful example of a white stone mace head with its original archaeological surface. Often figures like these are over-polishe

A beautiful Costa Rican stone mace head in the form of a frog, Atlantic Watershed region, Nicoya, c. AD 800 - 1500, with detailed head and legs; central vertical shaft hole. 3 1/4 x 6 1/2 in (8.3 x 16

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved greenstone mace head depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature, perhaps a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A petite mace head of a circular form, hand-carved from a pale-grey stone, with a cen

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An interesting mace head of a hefty and potentially deadly form, hand-carved from mottled beige-hued st

Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Memorializing an ancestor or representing a deity with large eye orbits and cut toothy mouth in green andesitic basalt. Centrally pierce

Costa Rican Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including (2) owl heads; (2) alabaster parrots; and a cylindrical volcanic stone example; all having central holes for the inserti

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A string-cut stone axe god figure of abstract avian form bearing a flared lower body, wings bulging out at the chest, and a sizable head wi

Large Pre-Columbian Nicoya or Mayan metate and mano grinding stone in tripod zoomorphic form, jaguar, Costa Rica, includes paperwork and photo from original 1971 sale. Good condition, chips and inclus

Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed Region, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A very large flying panel metate (or Royal Throne) sculpted out of a single piece of volcanic rock, with a characteristical

**Originally Listed At $2200** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Carved from a single piece of porous, light grey volcanic stone, this is a ceremonial and ritua

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Hand-carved from a single piece of grey volcanic stone, this is a large ceremonial metate and accompanying round-edged grinding stone