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ZOOMORPHIC BARK BEATER, WEST MEXICO browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Americas:Pre Columbian:Stone: Pre 1492: item # 549115 Please refer to our stock # LLL.1024 when inquiring.
HD ENTERPRISES, INC. PO Box 22082 Denver, CO 80222 303-695-1301 Guest Book $1200.00 |
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| Found in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon, this 7 ½” long stone animal (LLL1024), looking very much like a bear or buffalo, may have been used as a bark beater, or perhaps as a grinding tool. The bark beater interpretation is supported by the parallel grooves on its somewhat rounded back, but there’s no clear evidence on what appears to be a grinding surface that it was ever used to grind. Whatever its use, the quadruped was attributed by Langdon to the Pre-Classic Colima horizon dating c.300BC-200AD and its actual use is now destined to remain an enduring mystery. In excellent condition, lightly weathered and patinated but with no significant chips or stone loss, this enigmatic zoomorph comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch about Langdon, a map of Mexico highlighting the Colima area, and our certificate guaranteeing that the piece is Pre-Columbian in age. NOTE: if you would like to view a large number of our various listings, and at the same time limit your browsing, try our ‘TWELVE different items on a single page format’ by simply spelling out the word TWELVE in the search box. That will quickly bring up all of our listings that have twelve different items on a page, each individually priced! | ||||||||||
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