Veracruz Janus-Headed Stone Palma, ex-Messick

**Originally Listed At $2000** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a stylized double-headed zoomorphi

A Vera Cruz stone palma fragment, Mexico. Elaborate Pre - Columbian stone fragment with raised figure. Measures 13" high, 8.5" wide, 4.5" deep. Bronze mounting device attached at back. Provenance: Ex

A Vera Cruz stone palma fragment, Mexico. Elaborate Pre - Columbian stone fragment. Measures 9.25" high, 8" wide, 4.5" deep. Provenance: Ex Sotheby's Pre Columbian Art. Sale 4968, Sale Date 11/23/1982

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Rare and important stone mace head in Janus-headed form. Carved of light green basalt with human head on each end, full groove around center

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. This is a fine stone palma, made of volcanic grey stone, and carved in the form of a crouching skeleton, with a particularly clear skull. The pa

**Originally Listed At $3200** Mexico, Vera Cruz / Veracruz, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A beautiful carved gray volcanic stone palma depicting a stylized head of a serpent. Size: 7"L x 2-1/2"W.Classic Veracru

A large and rare ancient terracotta relic of a janus headed idol with some incised designs and an overall aggressive aesthetic. Komaland culture 13th - 16th century AD. The sculpture measures 15 inche

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. This is a large piece of carved volcanic rock called a hacha, which was worn atop the protective yoke that ballplayers wore in ancie

Pre-Columbian Veracruz stone hacha from Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. A superb and beautiful hacha with human face and elaborate headdress. 13" height. Ex. D. Farias, Texas, acquired by descent from Darryl

Pre-Columbian, Huastec, Northern Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. A very unusual stone palma - attached to the hips as part of the ballgame uniform. Carved from voclanic stone in the form of an

Veracruz Stone Coyote Head Tennon. Size 5 5/8 inches length. Veracruz, Mexico. Ca. 600-900 A.D. Ex Arte Primitivo

Pre-Columbian, Southeastern Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 500 to 700 CE. Carved stone figure of a seated lord, hands to his knees, loin cloth over his groin. Size: 14"H (35.6 cm). Provenance: Ex-private D.

Pre-Columbian Veracruz green stone bird hacha, Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. Large green stone carved hacha in the form of a bird with with openwork beak. A nice and rare example. 17" height. Ex. Kevern Gre

A stone janus face mortal pestle, 7-1/2" H; 2 lbs. 14 oz. Provenance: Ex collection, New York, NY

A large Taino stone bead, ca. 1400 A.D., Janus face with suspension holes on sides. Dimensions: 3cm Dia. Provenance: Ex private collection, Bronx, NY NOTE: This lot has a reserve.

Ancient Egyptian Of Falcon Headed Deity 26/30Dynasty,644-342 BC., carved in a hard white crystalline stone, the god wearing abroad collar carved in relief and finely -striated tripartite wigProvenance

Pre-Columbian, Vera Cruz, Mexico, ca. 500 to 800 CE. Exceptional and important stone hacha - implement used in the ballgame - in the form of a warrior inside the head of an eagle. The warrior is shown

**Originally Listed At $8000** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A large and finely carved, greenstone yoke replete with tremendous artistry and technique, and therefore likely a ce

A Veracruz Stone Yoke Eastern Mexico, c. 400-700 AD Speckled gray stone, the ends carved in relief to depict half of a face with a large headdress. Remains of red cinnabar in

A Veracruz Stone tenon or hacha Mesoamerica, Post Classic, circa 700-900 A human head with fleshy facial features sharply contrasting the deeply carved eye sockets -- perhaps once inlaid w

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A fabulous example of a hand-carved stone hacha depicting an abstract anthropomorphic face, perhaps that o

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. Possessing quixotic beauty, a janus-headed female presenting two beautiful visages comprised of almond-shaped eyes with delineated lids, a gently arched bro

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Vera Cruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. An undecorated, sanded yoke from the Mesoamerican ballgame, hand-carved from a mottled beige-hued stone with black and d

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz/Veracruz, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A large carved stone hacha fragment depicting a stylized face in profile - the indented eye outlined with low relief curving shapes that m