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COSTA RICAN JADE AXE GOD CELT Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 565615 (stock# VPW.1)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1650.00  Measuring 5 1/8” in height, this perforated axe god celt (VPW1) is attributed to the Guanacaste-Nicoya region of Costa Rica and is dated c.300BC-500AD. Determined to be jadeite through a specific gravity test result of 3.31 and a spot refractive index of 1.66, the light green, front-polished beauty is from a private, northeastern collection. Purchased by my consigner from Howard Rose’s Arte Primitivo Gallery in New York City in June 2001, the celt is in overall very good condition with only a fe ...click for details EAGLE DANCER FIGURINE, COLIMA, WEST MEXICO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 347150 (stock# LLL.0723)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $2500.00  This hollow, 9” tall, Pre-Columbian figurine (LLL723) is an attractive representation of a bird-masked and feathered eagle dancer holding a pair of rattles in his left hand, and an unidentified, crescent-shaped object in his right. Found in west Mexico by the late Lynn Langdon in the mid-20th century, the figure is attributed to the Colima horizon dating c.300BC-300AD. An x-ray of the figure indicates some repair, but no significant restoration. In otherwise very good condition, though it is fai ...click for details STONE, SHELL, CLAY, AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE, NARINO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 768293 (stock# PBF.201)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00  This 22” necklace (PBF201) is made up of assorted Pre-Columbian ceramic, shell, greenstone and gold beads, all found in the Narino area of Colombia during the mid-20th century and dating into the Capuli Period, c.900-1400AD. Positioned at its center is a 1” tall greenstone pendant that represents an anthropomorphic figure kneeling in a position of prayer or obeisance. The two rolled sheet gold beads shown near the bottom of the necklace measure about 3/8” in length. This is an easy to wear, lig ...click for details PRECOLUMBIAN FIGURAL MOLD FROM CUAUTITLAN Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 141597 (stock# AXH.1453R1)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $450.00  3 ¾” tall and marked on its outer surface in black ink with the words ‘Cuautitlan, Mex 6/8/60 Aztec’, this well-preserved Aztec clay mold (AXH1453R1N1) is from the Dr. Allen Heflin collection and dates c.1300-1500AD. The mold produces the image of a standing male figure wearing ear spools and a funky headdress, and holding an indistinguishable object in his hands at his waistline. HD Enterprises made the silvery cast using aluminized silicone rubber after a releasing agent was sprayed into the m ...click for details ZOOMORPHIC HEAD FROM EFFIGY AXE, WEST MEXICO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 397735 (stock# LLL.0785)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $225.00  This stone animal head (LLL785), apparently fashioned to represent a tapir, was once at the back or poll end of a fine effigy axe. Broken across the shallow hafting groove that encircled the axe, the head has no other significant damage and by itself is a good example of the skilled Pre-Columbian stone-worker’s art. Measuring 2 ¾” in length, and 1 5/8” in height at the head, the axe is attributed to the Colima horizon of west Mexico dating c.300BC-200AD. Made from grayish green volcanic rock, th ...click for details SHELL INLAID WOOD EAR PLUGS, MOCHE, PERU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 726389 (stock# LFG.442)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1500.00  This incredibly well preserved set of Pre-Columbian wood ear plugs (LFG442), on which the geometrically decorated shell and dark greenstone elements are each held in place with an almost invisible touch of contemporary glue, is attributed to the Moche horizon of Peru, c.100-800AD. Not wearable today due to the fragile nature of the wood that has dried and shrunk through the many centuries of entombment, there are certainly few other such pairs that have survived this well. Measuring one inch fro ...click for details TWELVE OLD WORLD ANTIQUITIES: GROUP B Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 769697 (stock# ANTIQ.B)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Each of the twelve artifacts from Old World cultures in this group (100.43M & 57BSHD; 95.35 & 51HD; 96.68 & 998Ihd; 97.291HD; AXH230, 1901, 1907, & 1919; and ROW2) is individually priced as shown on its descriptive photo. The types include Egyptian scarabs, Roman bronze and bone pins, carnelian and agate intaglio seals, stone, ancient dice, and ceramic. Afghanistan, Syria, Italy, Ostia were most of the countries and sites represented in the group, and Sassanians, Mesopotamians, ...click for details HOPI MIGRATION BOWL, DAISY HOOEE NAMPEYO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery: Pre 1920   item# 610453 (stock# TEH.127)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $750.00  Dating into the earlier 20th century, this 4 3/8” wide Hopi polychrome bowl (TEH127) depicts the ‘Hopi migration’ theme by the noted Native American artist Daisy Hooee Nampeyo. In overall good condition with some paint loss and scratches, the bowl is marked on its base with the artist’s name. From the Chester Howard collection, the bowl comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch about the late owner who founded the Colorado Mineral Society in the earlier 20th century, a map of Arizon ...click for details TWELVE OLD TUPOS & CRUCIFIXES, BOLIVIA-MEXICO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: South American: Pre 1920   item# 726306 (stock# LFG.ANTCOL)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The twelve individually priced antique and colonial items (LFG 425, 439, 444, 450, 451, 454, 455, 459, 461, 466 and 467) in this interesting group are from the collection of an anthropologist and former primitive arts dealer. Included are assorted tupos (shawl pins) and crucifixes, all from Bolivia unless otherwise indicated. Each of the photographs is annotated first with our inventory number in brackets that is followed by a brief description of the item. Next will be a note about provenance a ...click for details TWELVE STONE RELICS FROM MEXICO: GROUP E Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 552228 (stock# PC.STONE.E)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Here are twelve more Precolumbian stone items (TEH.F5.2-4, F5.6, F5.10, F5.11, F5.14, F5.16, F10.3, F10.5, F10.8 and F10.14) taken from a couple of frames assembled by the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society in the 1930s. A variable group that includes figures, beads, pendants, a celt, ear flare, and more, most of the pieces are in excellent intact condition. From west coast to east coast, the photos picture a fine variety. Each photo shows the front of the artifact(s), ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  32