Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Mexico or Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A fine collection of 3 knapped stone tools from 3 Pre-Columbian cultures. The first is a Colima red obsidian blade with black inclusions; knapped to a rounded butt end and pointed tip. The obsidian is a glassy texture and revered by many pre-Columbian cultures for its razor-sharp properties. The second tool is a blade or spear point from the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, made from a matte chert stone. This piece exhibits bifacial knapping and light mineral deposits, a rare and very fine example! The third stone is a Maya eccentric flint made of a cool gray-white chert with prominent notched sides. This knapped eccentric is a ceremonial item of a highly abstract from to represent a zoomorphic creature. This example looks much like an insect or a centipede! Each stone is mounted and framed to display. Size Colima: 4.5" L x 1.75" W (11.4 cm x 4.4 cm); frame: 8.25" L x 6.25" W (21 cm x 15.9 cm); Costa Rican: 4.8" L x 1.8" W (12.2 cm x 4.6 cm); frame: 6.5" L x 5" W (16.5 cm x 12.7 cm); Maya flint: 3" L x 1.125" W (7.6 cm x 2.9 cm); frame: 4.6" L x 4.6" W (11.7 cm x 11.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA; (Colima) purchased August 5, 2008 from Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida, USA; (Nicoya) purchased October 4, 2006 from Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private Colorado, USA collection; (Maya) purchased September 20, 2006 from Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private London, UK collection

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Costa Rican point is intact with only a minor chip to the tip and light mineral deposits. Maya flint is intact with minor nicks and chip to peripheries. Colima point has a loss to tip of blade and butt end and stable fissure cavity near the butt end. Light mineral deposits on surface. All are displayed in modern frames as shown. The Maya flint is loose in the frame and off center.