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Olmec Terra-cotta Baby Figure
Lot: 1001UnsoldOlmec Terra-cotta Baby Figure, c. 1000-500 BC, the seated figure with stylized hair holding a vessel in its lap, reconstructed from large pieces, (vessel has separated from figure),ht. 9 3/4 in. more ...
Olmec Coyote Beaker
Lot: 1002UnsoldOlmec Coyote Beaker, c. 1500-400 BC, black glaze, ht. 4 in. Provenance: Private collection, Taos, New Mexico. more ...
Olmec Sleeping Fox Vessel
Lot: 1004Sold for: $492$400Olmec Sleeping Fox Vessel, Mexico, 1500-400 BC, oval vessel with front fox legs outstretched, and rear legs at the back of the vessel, opening on top of the head, ht. 5 1/2, lg. 7 1/2 in. more ...
Colima Pottery Dog Vessel
Lot: 1005UnsoldColima Pottery Dog Vessel, Protoclassic, 100 BC-AD 250, standing looking ahead with head up and teeth bared, wide rounded belly, pointed ears and spout as raised tail, overall reddish brown, ht. 7, more ...
Colima Figure of a Man Carrying an Olla
Lot: 1006UnsoldColima Figure of a Man Carrying an Olla, Protoclassic, 100 BC-AD 250, ht. 3 1/2 in. Provenance: Ziesseniss collection, Pennsylvania. more ...
Vera Cruz Coast Watcher Figure
Lot: 1007UnsoldVera Cruz Coast Watcher Figure, Late classic, 550-950 AD, ht. 5 in. Provenance: Ziesseniss collection, Pennsylvania. more ...
Colima Spout Vessel
Lot: 1008UnsoldColima Spout Vessel, Colombia, c. 100-900 AD, stirrup-spout vessel depicting a dove, ht. 4 1/2, lg. 5 in. Provenance: T. Misenhimer collection, California. more ...
Shipibo Pottery Vessel
Lot: 1009UnsoldShipibo Pottery Vessel, Peruvian Amazon, glazed figural vessel, ht. 10 in. more ...
Costa Rican Jaguar Pottery Urn
Lot: 1010Sold for: $246$200Costa Rican Jaguar Pottery Urn, Nicoya Peninsula, c. 500-1000 AD, highly decorated polychrome vessel in the form of a crouching jaguar, ht. 14 1/2 in. more ...
Valdivia Female Venus Figure Fragment
Lot: 1011UnsoldValdivia Female Venus Figure Fragment, Ecuador, c. 3500 BC, ht. 2 in. Provenance: Ziesseniss collection, Pennsylvania. more ...
Valdivia Female Venus Figure
Lot: 1012Sold for: $615$500Valdivia Female Venus Figure, Ecuador, c. 3500 BC, ht. 4 in. Provenance: Ziesseniss collection, Pennsylvania. more ...
Tlatilco Man/Maternity Figure
Lot: 1013Sold for: $1,476$1,200Tlatilco Man/Maternity Figure, c. 1250-800 BC, rare example of the early man figure, ht. 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Huber collection, California. more ...
Moche Stirrup-spout Vessel
Lot: 1014UnsoldMoche Stirrup-spout Vessel, c. 500-800 AD, ht. 7 in. Provenance: Private collection, Washington, DC. more ...
Moche Blackware Pottery Portrait Vessel
Lot: 1015UnsoldMoche Blackware Pottery Portrait Vessel, c. 800 AD, single-spout vessel decorated in relief with two faces, ht. 7 in. more ...
Seated Colima Figure
Lot: 1016Sold for: $277$225Seated Colima Figure, Protoclassic, 100 BC-AD 250, legs apart, arms outstretched, mouth open with head jutting forward, ht. 6 3/4 in. more ...
Mezcala Gray Stone Figure
Lot: 1017Sold for: $523$425Mezcala Gray Stone Figure, Guererro, Mexico, c. 400 BC, ht. 4 1/4 in. Provenance: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles. more ...
Narino Polychrome Pottery Whistle
Lot: 1018UnsoldNarino Polychrome Pottery Whistle, c. 800-1500 AD, Ecuador, rare large ocarina whistle, decorated with fine abstract designs, lg. 6 1/4, ht. 3 in. more ...
Tairona Flute
Lot: 1019UnsoldTairona Flute, Colombia, c. 1000 AD, four-tone flute with a cacique sitting figure, ht. 2 in. Provenance: Leonard Kalina, Los Angeles, California. more ...
Mantena Musical Whistle
Lot: 1020UnsoldMantena Musical Whistle, c. 850-1600 AD, in the form of a sitting coatimundi eating fruit, ht. 3 1/2 in. Provenance: Hard collection, San Diego, California. more ...
Mayan Polychrome Pottery Bowl
Lot: 1021Sold for: $492$400Mayan Polychrome Pottery Bowl, c. 550-950 AD, Honduras, with bird-head glyphs painted around the sides, ht. 4 1/2, dia. 7 1/2 in. more ...
Mayan Flute
Lot: 1022Sold for: $615$500Mayan Flute, Late classic, 550-950 AD, depicting Chuuk, the God of Rain, lg. 9 1/2 in. Provenance: Private collection, Taos, New Mexico. more ...
Three Terra-cotta Fragments and a Stone Figure Found in Haiti
Lot: 1023UnsoldThree Terra-cotta Fragments and a Stone Figure Found in Haiti, pre-contact period, three fragments from pottery, the fourth a stone figure, with holes drilled top and bottom and side to side, lg. 5, more ...
Suriname Stool
Lot: 1024UnsoldSuriname Stool, late 19th century, wood and brass tacks, ht. 9, lg. 14 3/4 in. more ...
Four Tukano Necklaces
Lot: 1025Sold for: $123$100Four Tukano Necklaces, early to mid-20th century, necklace with fish bones, seeds, and a tooth from the Vaupes region on the border with Colombia and Brazil; a tapir jawbone and fish bone necklace more ...
Polychrome Carved Wood Face Mask
Lot: 1026Sold for: $98$80Polychrome Carved Wood Face Mask, Colombia, early 20th century, ht. 9 1/4, wd. 5 1/2 in. more ...
Kayapo Hardwood War Club
Lot: 1027UnsoldKayapo Hardwood War Club, Amazonian Brazil, 20th century, with woven cane decorated handle and fiber attachments, lg. 38 in. more ...
Tukano Basketry Blow Gun Dart Carrier with Blow Gun
Lot: 1028Sold for: $277$225Tukano Basketry Blow Gun Dart Carrier with Blow Gun, early 20th century, dart carrier filled with arrows, lg. of blow gun 96, lg. of case 16 in. more ...
Amazon Wood Bow and Ten Arrows
Lot: 1029Sold for: $246$200Amazon Wood Bow and Ten Arrows, c. 19th century, arrows used for hunting and fishing, bow with original fiber string, lg. of bow 77, arrows lg. 48 1/2 to 61 in. more ...
Three Amazon Carved Wood Bows
Lot: 1030UnsoldThree Amazon Carved Wood Bows, late 19th/early 20th century, hardwood, one with remnant fiber wrapping and string, lg. 71, 81, and 88 in. more ...