Sold2016Taino Ancestral Serpentine Mask Head (1000-1500 CE)Taino Ancestral Serpentine Mask Head (1000-1500 CE) with twin features. Secondary face appears at top of head, a Taino reference to duality of the visible and hidden. Size: 2.25'' x 2.5'' x 0.5'' (6 xSee Sold Price
Sold2019TAINO SERPENTINE ANCESTRAL SKULLTaino carved stone ancestral head; of strikingly stylized skull-form; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican ChronicleCollection of AlSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Ancestral Mask Head (1000-1500 CE)Taino Ancestral Mask Head (1000-1500 CE). Nicely delineated facial features with elaborate symbolic carving on forehead. Made of ryolite. Size: 3'' x 2.5'' x 1.5'' (8 x 6 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry RoSee Sold Price
Sold2019Lot of Two 20th C. Papua New Guinea Madang Wood Masks**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ramu / Upper Keram River, Madang Province, ca. mid-20th century CE. A set of two beautiful ancestral masks, hand-carved from hard wood, each with cSee Sold Price
Sold2019TAINO STONE ANCESTRAL HEADTaino carved serpentine ancestral head; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican ChronicleCollection of Alfredo Carrada, co-author of <See Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Ancestral Stone Head or Mask (1000-1500 CE)Taino Ancestral Stone Head or Mask (1000-1500 CE). Closed eyes suggest subject is in a trance. Well define eye surrounds and headband. Made of basalt. Size: 4.5'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (11 x 8 x 4 cm). ProvenSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba InhalerTaino Beautiful Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Huge spiritually centered head symbolizes the head as the nucleus of the transcendental journey. Size: 2'' x 1.75'' xSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Taino Anthropoid PendantLarge Taino Anthropoid Pendant. Well made from a beautiful variegated serpentine. Exceptional color. Nice smooth surface. Dating c. 1000-1500 AD. Size: 4'' x 2'' x 1'' (10 x 5 x 3 cm). Provenance: LarSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tshimshian Polychrome Ancestral Maskearly/mid 20th century, polychrome spruce wood, with applied hide/fur mustache, inlaid abalone shell scar across one cheek, 10-1/4 x 7 x 4 in. Note: Please see online letter from Steven C. Brown discuSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine MaskPre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine Mask Measurements: 7" L x 6" WSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-Columbian Olmec serpentine maskPre-Columbian Olmec serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Carved human mask with were jaguar mouth and cleft forehead. Oxidation on the eyes from burial. 6.9" height. Private Texas collectionSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-columbian Olmec serpentine maskPre-columbian Olmec serpentine mask, Mexico, 900-600 BC. Carved serpentine mask of a human mask with corn symbols in high relief. 7.9"See Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine MaskPre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine Mask, Mesmerizing Maskette carved from Serpentine, Expertly carved details including signature Olmec traits such as downturned Jaguar mouth and downturned eyes, The atteSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-Columbian Olmec Were-jaguar serpentine maskRare Pre-Columbian Olmec Were-jaguar serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Carved from a dark serpentine stone with incised decoration. 7" height. x. Kevern Gregory, Fl. Ex. Luis Merida, FloriSee Sold Price
Sold2016Taino Ancestral Face (1000-1500 CE)Taino Ancestral Face (1000-1500 CE). A fine grained and smoothly carved stone ancestral face with a well defined eye ridge and exaggerated ear spools; and deep set eyes and expressive mouth. 3.25"L xSee Sold Price
Sold2019Taino Serpentine Zoomorphic Effigy (1000-1500 CE)Taino Serpentine Zoomorphic Effigy (1000-1500 CE) featuring complex bird forms integrated into the body. A humming bird rests on the large bird beak, its bill resting on the larger bird's forehead. SiSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large Taino Serpentine Frog-Man Form (1000-1500 CE)Large Taino Serpentine Frog-Man Form (1000-1500 CE). Large serpentine frog-man/zemi--like form. Nicely polished to capture the luminous quality of the stone. åÊFigure is in transition from human toSee Sold Price
Sold2016A beautiful serpentine carved craneA beautiful serpentine carved crane (17.5"H)See Sold Price
Sold2015PNG / Sepik River Ancestral Mask, ex-Arte PrimitivoPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. 1950 CE. Masks of this type were created to honor deceased ancestors and were thought to contain their sprits. Nicely carved and beautifully painted with tradSee Sold Price
Sold2017Taino Ancestral HeadTaino Ancestral Head. Slit eyes indicate drug intoxication or dream state. Pierced ears for suspension and added decorations like gold or feathers. Well defined eye and mouth surrounds. Made of basaltSee Sold Price
Sold2024Pre-Columbian Olmec serpentine maskPre-Columbian Olmec serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Dark green color serpentine mask with open mouth, tab-like ears, and perforated at the top for suspension. A nice example! 3-3/8" HSee Sold Price
Sold2023An Ancestral MaskAn ancestral mask, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, field collected by Bruce D. Lawes, who thought it was created for indigenous use in the 1940s-1950s, having very faint traces of red and yellow pigmenSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan serpentine maskPre-Columbian Teotihuacan serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. A human funerary mask carved from a dark color serpentine. Small section broken off at the top left. 6.3" height.See Sold Price
Sold2017Jean Nora (20th Century) Black Serpentine MaskJean Nora (20th Century) Black Serpentine Mask. c. 1996. Max. Ht. 10 1/2". Galerie La Pochade, Paris, France. Estate of Annette McGuire Cravens, Buffalo, NY.See Sold Price
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