Important Totem, (ornamental figure probably from the entrance to a priest's dwelling or temple), it is sculpted with a divinity with powerful hands clasped symbolically on the stomach and resting on [...]
MIRROR
Chavín culture, Peru
1,000 - 200 BC
Black anthracite
H. 18 cm, W 19 cm, D 5.5 cm
A circular mirror in black anthracite, cut and polished to reflect light. Its edges are wide and thick[...]
Bird Bit
Luristan, Iran
Iron Age I or II, 9th-7th centuries BC
Bronze
H. 5; psalia length: 11 cm
This tripartite bronze bit with a green-brown patina is composed of two psalia with two pair[...]
Pair Of Unfinished Snow Goggles
Punuk (?) culture, Alaska ca. 800 - 1400 AD
Fossilised marine ivory
Length : 14,5 cm
An astonishing pair of goggles where neither the eye slits nor the side p[...]
Tairona culture also called Tayrona, Colombia.
800 - 1200 AD.
Beautiful circular tripod vase with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic decoration.
Terracotta with brown slip and engraved decoration.
Res[...]
Two nice examples of pre-Colombian culture alas in bad condition for both. The clay stauette is glued to the level of the head. and one piece of stone is missing from the other. My clients could not f[...]
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