Rare Colima Pottery Whistle - Dancer Form

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

**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. 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, 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

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

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable terracotta whistling avian vessel in hues of dark umber, brown, and light orange, with a bulb

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A small red slipped whistle in the form of a god with a simian-like face. Large spooled earrings and two small loops

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, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE/CE. Rare pottery vessel in "envelope" form. Thin pouring jar with slightly flared rim with red slipped exterior decorated on each side with square incis

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An adorable redware ceramic effigy whistle depicting a sweet bird. Avian forms were embraced in the Pre-Columbian world as sky animals that c

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, probably Jaina Island or Yucatan coast, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Rare and delightful pottery whistle in the form of a male standing rabbit. Big floppy ears, hands to "knees

Two Pre-Columbian, Colima pottery pieces, including: whistle of drummer form; together with carrier figure; H: 4" (largest, approx.)

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. The ancients of the Americas created beautiful musical instruments out of pottery, most adorned with animal or human figurines, and the indig

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An oddly compelling vessel in the form of a huge insect or arachnid, perhaps a tick based on the shape of the body but with only six legs - m

**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 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, west coast of Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A small whistle in the form of a frog with another frog perched atop its back. The frog was a symbol of fertility and motherhood in ancient

Two Pre-Columbian pottery pieces, including: Colima whistle of frog-form with young to back; together with figure laying upon bed; L: 5" (longer, approx.)

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, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery turtle vessel with a highly-burnished surface, lustrous red slip coating, and wonderful z

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A unique vessel in the form of a bent leg terminating in a foot, with a round-mouthed open spout at the other e

Pre-Columbian-manner pottery vessels, comprising a hairless Colima dog, a whistle in the form of a seated woman, and a man with gathering gourd on his back. Largest 10.25" H.