Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1100 to 500 BCE. A fine set of hand-built pottery pieces from the ancient Olmec: a roller stamp and an earspool. The cylindrical roller stamp has a large, central perforation for ease of use, gently scalloped edges along the upper and lower rims, and intricate linear and geometric motifs incised along the exterior surfaces. The plug-form earspool is of a petite side with a corseted midsection, faint remains of red cinnabar along the verso, and an incised cruciform emblem accentuated with white pigment along the obverse. Size (roller stamp): 2.2" W x 1.875" H (5.6 cm x 4.8 cm); (earspool): 0.75" Diameter (1.9 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#165648

Roller stamp has minor nicks and abrasions to incised decorations. Earspool has softening to incised cruciform motif and fading to white pigment and red cinnabar. Both pieces are intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits on roller stamp, and light remains of pigment and cinnabar on earspool.