Rare Colima Pottery Whistle - Ballplayer w/ Whistle

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fantastic ceramic whistle in the form of a ballplayer, shown wearing a heavy yoke, with the body decorated with a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Definitely a conversation starter: a hollow pottery figure that functions as a whistle and is dominated by an enormous phallus. The artist in

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming pottery figure of a warrior, caught in the act of drawing back his sling, his body twisted so that his f

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE/CE. Very rare and very attractive pottery whistle in the form of a dancer. Legs and arms spread wide, rattle in each hand, applied loin-cloth and long s

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. So rare, this fine pottery whistle represents a miniature seated redware shaman! He wears the classic shaman's horn on his forehead and a fan

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, Jalisco, Colima, and Nayarit, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful selection of 4 hand-built pottery miniatures. First is a seated Chupicuaro figure with faint re

Pre-Columbian Colima Pottery Shaman Whistle, West Mexico, c. 300 BCE - 300 CE. Redware figure of a seated hunchback shaman with horn on his forehead and fanciful headdress. Provenance: Artemis Gallery

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

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. An impressive hand-built whistle vessel comprised of 4 gourd-shaped chambers with a towering, conical spout rising from o

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Middle Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A charming pottery stirrup whistle vessel displaying a cuboid body, a co

A choice Colima miniature whistle of a ball player, West Mexico, c. 100 BC – AD 250, wearing a large necklace, wide girdle and supporting a bag under his left arm. H: 3 in (7.6 cm). Beautifully hand

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figurine depicting a standing anthropomorphic figure wearing a simple loincloth and headband. The figure is adorned with

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural whistle featuring an elaborately dressed drummer standing behind and beating his tall cylindrical drum with b

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful standing turtle with a low-pitched whistle in the mouth. Lightly incised lines give texture to the shell edges and applied discs

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A sweet and petite terracotta bird effigy whistle donning a prominent crested bird headdress, elaborately detailed with applied filets. Nicel

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three hand-built terracotta whistles in different zoomorphic guises: a bird with elaborately styled plumage on

**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, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare example of a Colima bowl bearing a band of incised glyphs around the exterior rim. The glyphs take the forms of Xs, boxes, and stepped

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A solid pottery standing warrior holding a large rectangular shield and a club in his right hand. He wears a large helmet strapped to his hea

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing hand-built terracotta whistle in the form of a scorpion, embellished with applied ring-shaped eyes, mo

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine pottery figural whistle, perhaps an athlete, wearing a conical helmet that straps under the chin and standing atop thick, slightly ben

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A small hollow pottery figural whistle in the form of a seated drummer, complete with drum, wearing an enormous crested headdress and large d

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery whistle in the form of an adorable puppy as it attempts to stand on its four attenuated legs.

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