Rare Chorrera Valdivian Jaguar Tooth Stone Effigy

Pre-Columbian Valdivian jaguar stone mortar from Ecuador, ca. 1500-500 BC. A superb carved mortar in the form of a jaguar with its tail curled up and partially carved in openwork. 4" H. x 6.5" L.

RARE JAGUAR EFFIGY MORTAR / PAINT PALLETTE, GREAT DETAILS AND NO BRAINER PATINA, NICE EXAMPLE

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian people, ca. 3300 BCE. This is a light gray limestone slab with boldly cut lines delineating arrows and drilled dots forming a surface design. The edges of the stone h

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a stylized curved form with boldly cut lines delineating three

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Highlands, Recuay or Moche culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fine hand-carved stone effigy or architectural model of a temple or shrine, an open-sided structure with a figure

Offered here for your consideration is a super rare and large stone effigy in the form of a bighorn sheep (ram). This effigy was painstakingly carved from solid rock by careful chipping, grinding, and

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A Valdivian stone owl effigy with a stylized visage delineated on the upper section and a perched body with abstract wings up

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful and incredibly rare hand-carved stone effigy of a lizard. The crouching reptile is formed from a dark green stone with a mottled

A very rare Pre-Columbian Colima 200 BC - 200 AD alabaster / quartz carved vessel in the form of a female jaguar. Showing a transformation from human to zoomorphic form. All carved from a single piece

A remarkable ancient stone idol with classic treatment to the head and face, incised design, wonderful form. A very rare relic from Southwest Niger, Western Africa. This stone was carved by the Bura A

Group of Valdivian Stone Jaguar Mortars, seven total including: green stone mortar with pierced tail; cased set of six miniature mortars; 2.5"-3.5" long

Accompanied by custom metal stand, Ecuador, ca. 2300-2000 BCE; 10 1/8" x 4 3/8" (figure only)

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian or Chorrera culture, ca. 4000 to 300 BCE. A huge pendant, hand-carved from shell, with a zoomorphic face on one side. The shell is a creamy grey color on its uncarved

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, likely Yucatan Peninsula, Maya, ca. 600 to 950 CE. A phallic effigy carved from a rounded red stone, incised to create a bulbous head. This may have functioned as like

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 4000 to 3500 BCE. A small, cylindrical carved piece of creamy white and grey stone representational figure, highly polished, with an incised design that

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported atop a quartet of th

**Originally Listed At $4000** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. An incredibly rare example of a highly stylized lizard effigy, hand-carved from mot

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 4000 to 3500 BCE. A pair of small, cylindrical carved pieces of creamy green grey stone representational figures, highly polished, with incised

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning hand-carved feline effigy made from a greenstone with a lovely mottled pale green and olive hue.

Possibly Precolumbian. The piece looks to be in good overall condition, with weathering and felt pads on its feet. It measures 4" tall, 11" from snout to tail, and 6 5/8" wide. In-House Shipping is Av

Rare Native American Mississippian Stone Bird Effigy Mortar / Bowl | Carved and incised steatite stone mortar type bowl sculpted in the shape of a bird with appliqué like head and tail feather as han

A Jaguar Effigy Metate. Stone. Costa Rica. 3 7/8" x 5 1/2" x 9 3/4". Condition: Wear from age and use. Provenance: From the Estate of Giraud V. Foster, Baltimore, Maryland.

Very old and rare stone Indian artifact human face effigy

SOUTH AMERICAN CARVED HARD-STONE EFFIGY HEAD: Carved of an unusual, veined, blush pink hardstone, 12"h, on a custom carved wood stand. PROVENANCE: Purchased in the 1960s in Peru.