Strange Octagon shaped Vessel ex Museum of Oddities

A strange antique Bronze octagon shaped vase or vessel with what appears to be green glass inlay. Measures 4 x 5 inches. Ex collection Museum of Oddities, Metamora, Indiana.

This is a Large antique Tarahumara Indian Pottery Olla. Tarahumara Indian pottery is a classic primitive style pottery. Located in the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico. According to the Museu

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This is an interestingly-shaped vessel, a large kero (quero) with a conical shape terminating in a slightly flared, flat foot. The design

Back at auction due to fraudulent bidder from 6/2/2016 sale… Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This is an interestingly-shaped vessel, a large kero (quero) with a conic

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a deer with a bulky body surmounted by a stirrup-shaped handle and cylindrical

Southeast Asia, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 14th century CE. A lovely ensemble of 3 pottery bowls, each presenting a hemispherical form with a circular rim and applied ring-shaped foot. All 3 vessels are bea

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A fascinating pottery vessel with a bulbous body shaped like both a gourd and a figure. The vessel has a rounded body and tapers to

Pre-Columbian, Nazca culture, Peru South Coast, ca. 100 to 400 CE. This is a gorgeous piece that exemplifies many of the classic hallmarks of the Nazca people's distinctive pottery. This is a polychro

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A little bit terrifying - and also a little bit comical - example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a negative resist design on the body, feline head with large toothy grin, cu

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a stylized anthropomorphic effigy portrayed elaborately adorned in great detail, all i

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Chiriqui, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of an owl presenting a bulbous body, a carinated shoulder, and a slender neck that slightly widens to form

A unusual terracotta vessel embellished with twisted rope like designs. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The vessel measures 9 inches tall x 4.75 inches wide and deep. Provenance: Ex SMA Museum of A

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Rio Balsas, Mixtec, ca. 1250 CE and Colima, West Mexico ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Two fine pottery bowls from Mexico. First is a lovely, decorated Mixtec bowl with painted scroll /

(4) Ancient Egyptian small vessels, ex-museum, Possibly Middle Kingdom, incl. an alabaster jarlet, blue faience perfume bottle, blue faience vase, and an alabaster bottle, most with accession numbers,

Bulul, also known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestor

A haunting Vintage Shrunken Head. South American, early twentieth century. Displayed at the Metamora Museum Of Oddities as an authentic shrunken head, but is more likely an excellent vintage facsimile

An antique hand carved and painted clown figure on swing, with a plastic head and remains of human hair. This Clown toy measures 13 inches tall x 9 inches wide and was part of the permanent display at

A carved wooden Book of Tibetan mantra Chants and prayers with incided and carved designs and painted images of the deities on some of the rice paper pages. The Book covers each measure 12 inches wide

A Fine antique Holy Water Bottle with remnants of black paint and the original silver cross stopper. This Holy relic measures 9 inches tall and was part of the permanent display at the Metamora Museum

A Crystal Ball or Orb in overall good condition with old brass display stand. According to a sign at the Museum, this crystal ball was the property of a witch. The Ball on stand measures 3.5 inches in

"Hipag" are minor war deities and are invoked during ceremonies dealing with violence and aggressive actions. These deities are firmly associated with headhunting and sorcery, and they may also be the

A rare and haunting carved wooden idol from a Brujos shrine, with an unusual headdress. Such idols are known to have been used by sorcerers in witchcraft and ritual. This idol measures 10 inches tall

A large and complete Horse Skull with lower jaw. This equestrian skull measures 16 x 9 x 6.5 inches and was part of the permanent display at the Metamora Museum of Oddities, Metamora Indiana