Maya Jade Pectoral Pendant, ex-Merton Simpson

Pre-Columbian Maya Jade Pectoral pendant from Guatemala, ca. 600-900 CE. A large jade pendant depicting a chief with hands held to its chest, wearing necklace, earspools and headdress. Perforated for

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya culture, 100 to 900 CE. A stunning hand-pecked and polished piece of omphacite jade strung on a modern cord as a wearable pendant. The stone is a stun

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A hand-carved jadeite pendant in a pretty apple-green hue. This is a lovely example of jade work that is pecked and highly polished to a silky, lustr

Mexico, Ca. 500 to 1450 AD A plaque of a chief or Lord wearing an elaborate bird headdress, the beak depicted frontally, feathers surrounding his head, pierced for suspension. Custom mounted in a 14k

Collection of pre-Columbian Maya carved jade examples, mostly nephrite, to include pectoral, pendants, tools, and a small stele height 5.5 in. x width 3 in. x depth 1 in. / largest Provenance: a Ro

Pre-Columbian Maya jade pectoral from Guatemala, ca. 600-900 CE. Frontal view of a lord wearing a bird headdress, ear ornaments, and necklace. 3-3/4" H. Ex. Barney G. Malone, Texas, 1963-1970

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A lovely pair of omphacite jade pendants, both stringcut to feature a lord or deity with light remains of cinnabar pigment clin

Pre-Columbian Maya jade beads with Bird pendant from Guatemala, ca. 600-900 CE. Ex. private Texas collection, collected prior to 1970. 3.9" L., pendant measures 1.2" x 1.2"

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya Territories, Maya, late Preclassic period, 100 BCE to 400 CE. This is a stunning hand-carved rectangular jade stone plaque or pectoral piece, with a l

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A truly astounding jade pendant hand pecked into a water bird, possibly an egret or cormorant, a slender billed bird with

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning pendant, hand-carved from seafoam green-hued jadeite to portray a fierce, zoomorphic visage of the

Egyptian limestone relief ex. Merton simpson gallery. Age uncertain? Size 14 1/4 Length x 14 x 1 3/4 inches. An Egyptian limestone relief fragment carved with three figure standing facing left, Egypti

Merton Simpson Inventory # 8943 A tall ancestor idol carved from a very dense heavy wood with reddish pigments and elaborate designs, classic facial features and overall style. According to literature

A very fine and elegant carved wooden stool featuring a lovely ancestor figure with hands on the knees and wearing a wrap skirt is used as the central support, as well as two carved support poles embe

This dramatic and imposing helmet mask in wood represents the head of a male dignitary. The mask has been embellished with various shells and beads and is quite an elaborate example and can be associa

A carved wooden double or twin Fanti doll decorated with incised linear designs accented with kaolin clay pigment and embellished with old glass beads, Ghana, West Africa. The sculpture measures 14 x

This is a very rare ancient wooden sculpture of an ancestor from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. Such idols were often placed on shrines that were in the cliffs above the Dogon villages along

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Igbo peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. A powerful and dramatic Okoroshi Ojo mask from the Igbo of Nigeria. Okoroshi masks are used in ceremonies to

Carved wooden shrine altar featuring six ancestor figures. While the purpose for which it was created is not entirely clear, the rich patina of this Dogon figural group and the flatted top suggests a

A Maya Jade Pendantc. 600 - 800 AD A Maya jade pendant representing a bird with a long

Mayan Lord Jade Pectoral Pendant, Dual Faces, Carved In Jade, Incised Lines, Trances of Cinnabar, Mineral Deposits, Origin: Yucatan, Age: 500-800 A.D., Dimensions: 3" x 2 5/8"

Pre-Columbian Carved Mayan Jade Pectoral Pendant, Incised Lines Carved Pendant, Two Holes Drilled For Suspension, Avian Features, Mineral Deposits, Obvious Signs of Erosion, Origin: Central America, A

Light colored greenstone jade from central america.

A Pre-Columbian Mayan jade pendant with carved decoration. Central America, ca. 500 - 800 AD. Height: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.). Formerly in a Texas private collection.