Valdivian Spindle Whorl & Spondylus Shell Necklace

An assorted collection of various Pre-Columbian items including beads and spindle whorls. Lot includes a nice shell necklace from Ecuador, with Spondylus tubes and obsidian dangles, several Pre-Columb

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. A pretty matching set of necklace and earrings, each made using white, brown, yellow, red, rose, and purpl

**Originally Listed At $125** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A lovely necklace featuring a Valdivian pottery spindle whorl pendant beneath petite st

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Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A wearable necklace strung with dozens of Manabi pottery spindle whorls, shell tubes, and seed-form beads carved from shell. Several mode

Beaded necklace comprised of different beads, including spindle whorls, crystal, stone and shell beads. Dimension: 20" L Provenance: Private NY collection, acquired from prominent auction gallery.

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A gorgeous hand-carved Spondylus shell amulet in the shape of a long zoomorphic creature with two integral hand-drilled piercings throug

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of over 50 ancient Spondylus shell beads strung and displayed as a beautiful necklace. The strand is strung with alternatin

**Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. An impressive necklace comprised of fifty-eight (58) terracotta spindle whorls of red and black hues - eac

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A fine necklace strung with 51 petite pottery spindle whorls as well as a central ocarina pendant surmounte

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A grey stone spindle whorl with linear and concentric circle motifs on its surface; also ten gorgeous jadeite

A Spondylus shell necklace from Costa Rica, c. AD 1000 - 1450, with long spiked beads strung with smaller disk beads, overall length about 23 in and strong on modern cord. Also included is a bag of va

Spindle Whorl Necklace, terracotta, most with incised designs. Dimensions: 32" L10 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, NYC

Size: 30" long Condition: Significant wear consistent with age and use. See photos.

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. A beautiful ensemble of wearable art comprised of a necklace and matching earrings - the necklace featurin

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Mixtec, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. Two beautiful necklaces comprised of many Spondylus shell beads of square, round, and rectangular shapes, some wi

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A magnificent ensemble of hand-carved spondylus shell beads - 28 depicting various species of flora and fauna

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian peoples, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A fine necklace composed of dozens of small seed beads as well as 17 hand-built pottery Venus figures. The Venus figu

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A wearable necklace constructed with 31 hand-built pottery spindle whorl beads of varying forms. Presenting in hues of red, brown, beige,

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A fine collection of 38 pottery spindle whorl beads that are arranged into an enticing and wearable form. S

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A wearable necklace comprised of ancient sodalite, malachite, greenstone, and spondylus shell beads, and accented with modern brass bird charms. Size o

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A beautiful and wearable necklace composed of 35 terracotta spindle whorls in hues of gray, brown, and oran

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. Twenty terracotta spindle whorls decorated with incised stylized geometric and zoomorphic motifs. The artwork

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A lovely ensemble of dozens of terracotta spindle whorls strung on a pair of modern strands to be wearable. Pre