A pair of Vera Cruz zoomorphic whistles from Mexico

A pair of Vera Cruz zoomorphic whistles from Mexico, ca. 300 BC - AD 300. These two-note instruments are 1-3/4 in high and depict feline deities. One with heavy chapopote décor. Ex Slagle estate.

**Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A lovely pair of hand-built terracotta items. First is a large whistle with a stylized face, enormous in comparison t

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 500 to 700 BCE. A mold-formed ceramic figure with a pair of conical legs and a tubular whistle mouthpiece on the verso. The stand

8" tall

A nice Vera Cruz Remojades style figural whistle, Mexico, c. 300 BC - AD 300, standing with elaborate headdress and costume, wearing large ear spools and heavy collar with central ovoid pendant. The f

This example represents a very rare type of Veracruz figural pottery from ancient Mexico, circa 900 A.D. - 1200 A.D. Measures impressively at approximately 10 1/2" tall by about 10 1/2" long. These

A pair of terracotta Veracruz sonrientes, A pair of terracotta Veracruz sonrientes, 450 AD-750 AD, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Remojadas culture, also known as 'smiling face boys', each in a standi

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A set of two fine pottery musical instruments, one a whistle and the other an oc

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A striking terracotta whistle modeled to depict the head of an elaborately decorated warrior who wears a grand headdress featuring a bird whose fac

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cuz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. An earthenware whistle in the form of a chubby toad with three remaining legs, a bumpy texture on its back, and a fierce, open-mouth

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. An exceptional terracotta figural whistle depicting a musician standing atop two attenuated legs and holding a drum in his

Pre-Columbian, Veracruz, East Mexico, El Faisan type, Classic period, ca 300 to 600 CE. Hand modeled, polychrome whistle in the form of a female figure carrying her prized coatimundi. Buff earthenware

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

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A wonderful figural musical instrument, with a near-spherical body, a tubular blow hole emerging from the t

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 600 to 800 CE. One of the most spectacular examples of the god Tlaloc we have seen! Pottery sculpture of the god sitting inside an enclosure, long loin cloth drap

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. An exceptional terracotta figural whistle depicting a musician standing atop two attenuated legs and holding a drum in his

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. An exceptional terracotta figural whistle depicting a musician standing atop two attenuated legs and holding a drum in his

Pre-Columbian, Gulf coast of Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Powerful buff clay pottery standing effigy figures, both androgynous, both hands articulated, hands raised. Both have remai

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz), ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A lovely hollow-molded pottery head of a sonriente ("smiling face") with a flared neck base. Wearing a pair of beaded

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz/Vera Cruz, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. This pair consists of two simple hollow ceramic figures, a male and a female. The male figure has his hands to his chest, while the fe

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of cute zoomorphic pottery whistles, each one hand modeled. One features a bat-like face above a bulbous bod

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz), ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A mold-formed pottery child's toy in the form of a standing jaguar figure posed atop four wheels. The top of the curl

Mexico and Central America, circa 1st millennium A.D. Consisting of a large Veracruz head, two standing figures, two whistles, three smaller fragmentary figures, three small pots, and two decorated bo

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, northern Veracruz region, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A rare, hand-built pottery vessel depicting 2 abstract heads, 1 of whic