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Eleven Pre-Columbian Items
Lot: 1001Sold for: $313$250Eleven Pre-Columbian Items, Mexico, including five figures, two hollow-bodied animals, a small whistle, and three fragmentary pieces, lg. 6 3/4, 4 1/2, 3 1/2, 2 3/4, 2, 5 1/2, 3 1/8, 2 1/2, 3 3/4, 2 more ...
Two Pre-Columbian Stone Items
Lot: 1002Sold for: $125$100Two Pre-Columbian Stone Items, Mexico, a carved stone figure, and a fragment of a stone head, ht. 5 1/2, 3, wd. 6 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Bowl
Lot: 1003Sold for: $88$70Pre-Columbian Pottery Bowl, Mexico, a small flat bottom, with gently flaring sides, with two-line engravings of a monkey below the rim, (surface loss and cracks from the rim),ht. 3 1/2, wd. 5 3/4 more ...
Pre-Columbian Blackware Vessel
Lot: 1004Sold for: $138$110Pre-Columbian Blackware Vessel, Chimu, with small flat bottom, the squat body with protuberances around the sides, the stirrup spout with monkey on the side, (minor rim losses),ht. 9 1/2, wd. 6 more ...
Pre-Columbian Obsidian Core
Lot: 1005Sold for: $200$160Pre-Columbian Obsidian Core, Jalisco, Mexico, solid obsidian, the sides with grooved cuts, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 3 1/4 in. Provenance: Hartwell Kenard collection, McAllen, Texas, collected circa 1970. more ...
Large Jalisco Female Figure
Lot: 1006UnsoldLarge Jalisco Female Figure, corpulent Jalisco female rendered in gray clay, kneeling and wearing a skirt, with has large breasts and short extended arms, the elongated head wears a tall turban with more ...
Two Pre-Columbian Figures
Lot: 1007Sold for: $188$150Two Pre-Columbian Figures, Jalisco, Mexico, one standing with red/brown glaze, the other seated with glaze missing, (each broken and restored),ht. 9 3/4 and 7 1/2 in. more ...
Two Pre-Columbian Figures
Lot: 1008Sold for: $213$170Two Pre-Columbian Figures, Colima, each standing with legs and arms apart, the larger with metal earrings, each on wood base, ht. 8 1/2, and 6 1/2 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 1009Sold for: $213$170Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Colima, the standing figure, the large legs apart, with short arms, the right raised, the head with large nose and ears, (restoration to cracks),ht. 14 1/4 in. more ...
Large Pre-Columbian Fragmentary Figure
Lot: 1010UnsoldLarge Pre-Columbian Fragmentary Figure, Northern Vera Cruz, circa 300 A.D., the torso with right arm outstretched, the large head and torso painted in bituminous black pigment known as chapapote, more ...
Olmec Baby with Elongated Head
Lot: 1011Sold for: $750$600Olmec Baby with Elongated Head, colored in red slip, a seated clay figure of a heavy, nude, genderless infant wearing a loincloth with arms extended downward to the front, with clenched fists, the more ...
Mezcala Stone Figure
Lot: 1012Sold for: $188$150Mezcala Stone Figure, Guererro, Mexico, standing on tapering legs with raised arms held at the abdomen, with sloping shoulders and broad face with broad nose and eyes grooved out, with metal stand, more ...
Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment
Lot: 1013Sold for: $200$160Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment, Peru, c. 600-800 AD, with multicolored animal designs, mounted and framed under glass, size of textile 14 x 11, size of frame 18 1/2 x 15 in. more ...
Shipibo Conibo Wooden Canoe Paddle
Lot: 1014Sold for: $469$375Shipibo Conibo Wooden Canoe Paddle, Upper/Western Amazon Basin, Peru, Ucayali River, Shipibo/Conibo peoples, early 20th century, with a round shaft, a tubular handle, and a petaloid paddle with a more ...
Three Beaded Amazonian Woman's Aprons
Lot: 1015Sold for: $625$500Three Beaded Amazonian Woman's Aprons, Makushi or Wapishana People, British Guyana, the three small aprons each decorated with multicolored designs on white beaded ground, with fiber fringes, the more ...
Nepalese Wood Mask
Lot: 1016UnsoldNepalese Wood Mask, Middle Hills, Nepal, hollowed-out face mask, with open mouth, with exposed teeth, long, narrow nose, the cutout eyes between two pierced ears, trace of wax seal on back, ht. 9 more ...
Two Naga Brass Chest Ornaments
Lot: 1017UnsoldTwo Naga Brass Chest Ornaments, two brass head-count ornaments, one with two joined brass heads, and one with five joined heads, and a human figure on each end, each with necklace of fiber and glass more ...
Philippine War Shield
Lot: 1018Sold for: $500$400Philippine War Shield, Bontoc, Igorot, northern Luzon, early 20th century, carved from one piece of wood, with rattan bindings and central cutout at the back for the handle, lg. 32, wd. 9 3/4 in. more ...
Philippines Short Cutlass
Lot: 1019Sold for: $250$200Philippines Short Cutlass, late 19th century, the curved blade, with wood handle and steel hand guard, the handle embossed with date, "March 29. 02," with wood and leather sheath, lg. 16 3/4 in. more ...
Philippines Coconut Cup
Lot: 1020UnsoldPhilippines Coconut Cup, Ifugao, northern Luzon, late 19th/early 20th century, with a finely incised surface on the exterior, smooth, dark patina, ht. 2 1/2, wd. 4 1/2 in. Provenance: Private more ...
South Sea Islands Sawfish Weapon
Lot: 1021Sold for: $875$700South Sea Islands Sawfish Weapon, the long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw, fashioned into a weapon with a more ...
Two Timor Hair Combs
Lot: 1022Sold for: $375$300Two Timor Hair Combs, early 20th century, the larger made from buffalo horn, with finely incised decorations from the top to part way down the tines, the second, made from horn in the form of a more ...
Wood Box and Two Horn Spoons
Lot: 1023Sold for: $313$250Wood Box and Two Horn Spoons, Timor, the lidded box with carved masks and incised dancing figures, with initials, "M.T," on the side, the lid tied with cord, with two spoons, one with a coconut more ...
Indonesian Stone Dragon Head
Lot: 1024Sold for: $200$160Indonesian Stone Dragon Head, fragment of a dragon, possibly from Bali, 7 1/2 x 7 in. more ...
Kenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong
Lot: 1025UnsoldKenyah-Kayan Dayak Hardwood Post Figure, Hampatong, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, 20th century, standing on a rectangular block support, the figure leaning slightly forward with hands on thighs, more ...
Korwar Figure
Lot: 1026UnsoldKorwar Figure, Irian Jaya, late 19th century, the block type with the large head above the cloth wrapped block below, the head with protruding mouth and long exaggerated nose, small eyes and more ...
Three Aboriginal Fighting Sticks
Lot: 1027UnsoldThree Aboriginal Fighting Sticks, late 19th/early 20th century, long, slender sticks with grooved sides and peaked and pointed end, mounted on metal stand, lg. 27 1/4, 26 1/2, and 26 in. more ...
Two Aborigine Australian Shell Necklaces
Lot: 1028Sold for: $200$160Two Aborigine Australian Shell Necklaces, Tasmania, two long necklaces strung with many Mariner iridescent shells, lg. 38 and 33 in. more ...
Aborigine Wood Churinga
Lot: 1029UnsoldAborigine Wood Churinga, Western desert, Australia, early 20th century, flat, rectangular shape, both sides incised with a complex pattern of short, shallow grooves into the wood, overall dark, dry more ...
Collection of New Guinea Arrows
Lot: 1030Sold for: $188$150Collection of New Guinea Arrows, Fly River, Papua New Guinea, early/mid-20th century, made from bamboo with cassowary bone points, decorated with lime, lg. up to 63 in. more ...