PRE-COLUMBIAN, AFRICAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN ETHNOGRAPHIC ART
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| 8364. A FINE CHORRERA BRONZE AXE. c. 1800-300BC. Heavy axe with crescentic blade. Excellent example. Rare early piece. 4 x 4.7". $3000 estimate. |  |
| 8365. A LA TOLITA FIGURE OF A RULER OR SHAMAN. Equador, c. 300 BC. The figure with elaborate high status head ornament, nose ring, necklace and pendant earrings. 5.6". Better than photo. $250 estimate. |  |
| 8366. A RARE LA TOLITA COCA POT, c. 300 BC. The vessel with molded figure with hand to nose in the act of sniffing coca or some psychedelic. 2.1". Excellent & rare. $1250 estimate. |  |
| 8367. A RIBBED NAZCA POT, c. 100-400 AD. The polychrome pot with 9 serpents or sea creatures on the ribs. 5.4". Stable age crack. Museum #. $2000 estimate. |  |
| 8368. A FINE MOCHE FIGURAL JUG, c. 500-700. In two connected parts; a beaker and an enclosed pitcher with pouring spout in the form of a sealion. 6.3 x 7.5". The beaker with professional repair. Museum #. $3000 estimate. |  |
| 8369. A MOCHE CORN POPPER VESSEL, c. 500-700 AD. 10". Professional repair. Museum #. $1750 estimate. |  |
| 8370. A LARGE JAMACOQUE FEMALE, c. 500 AD . The standing female figure with bare breasts, wearing a nose ring, necklace and large hat and loincloth. Considerable polychrome remaining. 10". Intact. Custom stand. $2500 estimate. |  |
| 8371. A FINE JAMACOQUE POLYCHROME FIGURE, c. 500 AD. Warrior figure with large headdress. 3". Very rare with the original polychrome remaining. Of exceptional artistic quality! $2800 estimate. |  |
| 8372. A FINE JAMACOQUE POLYCHROME FIGURE, c. 500 AD. Male figure with loin cloth, ornaments. Right foot lost. 3.5". Very rare with the original polychrome remaining. Of exceptional artistic quality! $2800 estimate. |  |
| 8373. A JAMACOQUE POLYCHROME WHISTLE, c. 500 AD. Standing figure with helmet and loin cloth. Considerable polychrome remaining. 2.9". Intact and functional. $1250 estimate. |  |
| 8374. A VICUS EROTIC BRIDGE SPOUT VESSEL, c. 800 AD. With 2 erect penises, one forming the spout, considerable remaining polychrome. 7.5 x 8". Professional repair. Rare. Much better than photo. $2500 estimate. |  |
| 8375. A RARE NARINO COPPER FUNERARY MASK, c. 850-1500 AD. Repousse skeletal face on copper disk. 7". Very rare and desirable. $3500 estimate. |  |
| 8376. A CHOICE NARINO MONKEY AMULET, c. 500 AD. Handcarved & polished black stone monkey on triangular pierced base. 3". Rare type, excellent condition. On custom stand. Would make a superb pendant! $3000 estimate. |  |
| 8377. A LARGER NARINO PEDESTAL BOWL. Capuli complex, c. 850-1500 AD. Red on cream resist painted with dog-like animal and step symbols. 3 x 7.5". Intact except for small chip to base rim and with excellent color. $2500 estimate. |  |
| 8378. A NARINO DOUBLE POT. Columbia, Pupales region, c. 1000 AD. One polychrome design pot fired inside the bottom half of another. A very interesting type. 4.5". Intact and rare. $1250 estimate. |  |
| 8379. A NARINO ZOOMORPHIC POT. La Cruz region, c. 1000 AD. The pot in the form of an uncertain animal, perhaps a sloth, on his back with head, legs and tail molded on. 6.5". Intact. $1750 estimate. |  |
| 8380. A SCARCE MUISCA POLYCHROME BOWL, c. 800-1500. With red chevron design on cream ground. 3.5". $500 estimate. |  |
| 8381. A QUIMBAYA SLAB FIGURE. Caldas complex, c. 1000-1400. Solid slab seated figure with incised detail. 6.5 x 9". Cf. Labbe.74,82,83 for the type. $2500 estimate. |  |
| 8382. AN ESPECIALLY LARGE TAIRONA STONE AXE. c. 800-1500 AD. Carved from heavy gray polished stone. 4.5 x 8.5". Excellent condition. $1750 estimate. |  |
| 8383. A FINE TAIRONA BONE FINIAL, c. 800-1500. With a carved eagle at the top. 3.8". Choice condition, very rare. Considerably better than image shows. $2000 estimate. |  |
| 8384. A RARE TAIRONA COCA IMPLEMENT, c. 1000-1550. Carved red stone implement in the form of a serpent with receptical for grinding lime to mix with coca leaves. 5.7". Nice example. $1500 estimate. |  |
| 8385. A TAIRONA NECKLACE, c. 1000-1550 AD. With green jade cylindrical beads interspersed with red jasper and black stone cylindrical beads. 24". $1750 estimate. |  |
| 8386. A COCHLE SPOUT HANDLE JUG. Panama, c. 800-1000 AD. With fine polychrome glaze with a shark in purple on cream ground with orange neck and spout. 6.5". Excellent condition and rare this nice. Museum number. $4000 estimate. |  |
| 8387. A CHIRIQUI TRIPOD. Panama, Barilles, c. 1200-1500 AD. The tripod legs with rattles and monkeys at the top. 6.5 x 7.5". Intact. Cf. See Disselhoff & Linne,fig. 72.2 for the type. $1000 estimate. |  |
| 8388. A DOUBLE CHAMBERED CHIRIQUI POT. Panama, Barilles, c. 1200-1500 AD. Burnished surface with red & black on cream painted designs, the handle bridging the two chambers. 2.1 x 4". $250 estimate. |  |
| 8389. A RARE MAYAN TERRA COTTA FIGURE, c. 600-800 AD. The dual figure with ornate headdress, with smaller maize god holding an ear of maize. 3.3". Excellent condition and rare. An important mythological type. $3500 estimate. |  |
| 8390. A RARE KATSINA EFFIGY HEAD. Nigeria, c. 500 BC - 200 AD. Discovered only recently, these heads from the Nok/Sokoto/Katsina culture are now believed to be the earliest figural art from sub-Saharan Africa. This is a choice example of this rare cultural artifact in excellent condition with only minor abrasion and with very evocative features. 4 x 5 x 9". $3500 estimate. |  |
| 8391. AN EARLY BURA STONE IDOL. Niger, ca, 3rd century. The idol with slab head with carved features. 11.2". An early example, somewhat worn. $500 estimate. |  |
| 8392. AN EARLY BURA STONE IDOL. Niger, ca, 3rd century. The idol in the form of an indented slab with features indicated by shallow drill marks. The incised lines apparently deepened a little. 5 x 11.7". An early example. $1500 estimate. |  |
| 8393. AN EASTERN WOODLAND INDIAN WAR CLUB, c. late 17th-18th century. Leather wraped oval stone & wood handle. Nice condition. 18". $3000 estimate. |  |
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