Lot 0084A

Costa Rican Greenstone Celt and Tumbaga Jaguar Head

Similar Sale History

Sold

Costa Rican Green Stone Axe w/ Transforming Shaman: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-carved stone axe celt depicting a transforming shaman with both human and jaguar feature

2021Costa Rican Green Stone Axe w/ Transforming ShamanSee Sold Price

Sold

Important Costa Rican Greenstone Mace Head: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, 300 to 1000 CE. "Stunning" just does not convey how beautiful this stone mace head is. Carved hardstone with numerous colorful inclusions in a mostly black matrx in the form

2016Important Costa Rican Greenstone Mace HeadSee Sold Price

Sold

Lot of 3 Costa Rican Jade & Greenstone Celts: **Originally Listed At $1000** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 800 CE. A wonderful trio of hand-carved and meticulously polished celt pendants - the short light green example ca

2021Lot of 3 Costa Rican Jade & Greenstone CeltsSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Greenstone Mace Head - Zoomorphic Form: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved greenstone mace head depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature, perhaps a

2023Costa Rican Greenstone Mace Head - Zoomorphic FormSee Sold Price

Sold

Very Fine Costa Rican Avian Greenstone Celt Pendant: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An axe god pendant (sometimes called a celt pendant) finely carved from a mottled greenstone of

2019Very Fine Costa Rican Avian Greenstone Celt PendantSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Green Stone Celt - Bird & Crocodile: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string cut from beautiful jade of mottled seafoam green hues, an axe god representing two animals - an abstract bird form when viewed on

2017Costa Rican Green Stone Celt - Bird & CrocodileSee Sold Price

Sold

Lot of 2 Costa Rican Green Stone Mace Heads: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A pair of stone votive mace heads. Both are made of greenstone, although one has been smoothed more extensively. The smaller of the two - the smoother on

2016Lot of 2 Costa Rican Green Stone Mace HeadsSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Stone Metate - Abstract Jaguar Heads: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding platform known as a metate supported atop a quartet of thick feline legs. The rectangular vessel is flank

2023Costa Rican Stone Metate - Abstract Jaguar HeadsSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Green Stone Ceremonial Three Skull Mace Head: Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Memorializing an ancestor or representing a deity with large eye orbits and cut toothy mouth in green andesitic basalt. Centrally pierce

2023Costa Rican Green Stone Ceremonial Three Skull Mace HeadSee Sold Price

Sold

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Carved Pale Green Stone Bird Ceremonial Mace Head w COA c. 100-500 A.D.: This is a Pre-Columbian Costa Rican carved pale green stone ceremonial bird motif mace head. Dating to circa 100-500 A.D. This carving is accompanied by the original COA and receipt from The Lands Bey

2023Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Carved Pale Green Stone Bird Ceremonial Mace Head w COA c. 100-500 A.D.See Sold Price

Sold

A beautiful Costa Rican greenstone pendant: A beautiful Costa Rican greenstone pendant, c. AD 300 - 900, in the form of a stylized long beaked bird with human head, body and tail feathers indicated by lines, the beak with beautiful open-work. 2

2020A beautiful Costa Rican greenstone pendantSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment: Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including an avian form; (2) jaguar heads; an anthropomorphic; and an animal head; all having central holes for the insertio

2021Costa Rican Stone Mace Head AssortmentSee Sold Price

Sold

Lot of 2 Costa Rican Stone Celts - Jade and Greenstone: **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 250 to 800 CE. A lovely pair of avian axe god celt pendants - the lighter green celt finely carved from jade, t

2021Lot of 2 Costa Rican Stone Celts - Jade and GreenstoneSee Sold Price

Sold

Fine Costa Rican Greenstone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya regions, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A finely carved axe god with a celt-like blade, a raised squarish torso, string cut wings/beak, a visage comprised of close-set

2016Fine Costa Rican Greenstone Axe GodSee Sold Price

Sold

Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment: Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian style items including a winged parrot; (2) jaguar heads; a simple spheroid; and a knobbed; all having central holes for the insertion of a shaf

2021Costa Rican Stone Mace Head AssortmentSee Sold Price

Sold

Maya Stone Celt, Costa Rican Pendant & Olmec Duck Head: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE (darkest piece); Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE (pales

2019Maya Stone Celt, Costa Rican Pendant & Olmec Duck HeadSee Sold Price

Recommended Items

Costa Rican Jadeite Pendant - Abstract Human: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A beautiful pendant of a squat form, hand-carved from mottled sage-green jadeite with dark-green inclusions and

2 days LeftCosta Rican Jadeite Pendant - Abstract Human

$240

Miniature Pre-Columbian Costa Rican coyote mace head: Miniature Pre-Columbian Coyote mace head from the Nicoya region, ca. 500-800 CE. 4" L. X 2-1/8" H. Private UK collection, 1970.

6 days LeftMiniature Pre-Columbian Costa Rican coyote mace head

$400

Tall Costa Rican Nicoya Jar w/ Pseudo-Glyphs: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A tall, egg-shaped pottery vessel adorned with pseudo-glyph bands along the upper body as well as colorful groups of band

2 days LeftTall Costa Rican Nicoya Jar w/ Pseudo-Glyphs

$500

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Stone Metate & Mano: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A hand-carved volcanic stone grinding platform known as a metate, together with a bell-shaped grinding tool c

2 days LeftPre-Columbian Costa Rican Stone Metate & Mano

$300

Large Costa Rican Stone Metate (Grinding Table): Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. 300 to 1200 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding table known as a metate exhibiting a curved platform that is raised on one end an

2 days LeftLarge Costa Rican Stone Metate (Grinding Table)

$400

Costa Rican Stone Mano / Grinder, Birds Atop: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 700 to 1520 CE. A hefty stone mano or grinder in the shape of a stirrup with a pair of opposing birds perched on the handle. In the

2 days LeftCosta Rican Stone Mano / Grinder, Birds Atop

$640

4 1/4" Seated male figure drinking from cup. Ex-Burton/Teubner Estate.: 4 1/4" Seated male figure drinking from cup. Basalt. Costa Rican. Ex-Burton/Teubner Estate.

3 days Left4 1/4" Seated male figure drinking from cup. Ex-Burton/Teubner Estate.

$27

Francisco Zuniga, 'Mujer Desnuda Sentada II' Sculpture: FRANCISCO ZUNIGA (Costa Rican / Mexican, 1912-1998) 'Mujer Desnuda Sentada II', 1971Bronze with turquoise patina. Thigh signed, dated and editioned in the bronze.Number five from the

May 18, 2024Francisco Zuniga, 'Mujer Desnuda Sentada II' Sculpture

$1,500

Francisco Zuniga, Untitled (Woman and Child) Lithograph: FRANCISCO ZUNIGA (Costa Rican / Mexican, 1912-1998) Untitled (Woman and child), 1979Lithograph.Signed and dated lower right, editioned lower left.Artist's proof.   Overall, framed: 24.25

May 18, 2024Francisco Zuniga, Untitled (Woman and Child) Lithograph

$250

Francisco Zuniga, 'Mujer con Olla' Lithograph: FRANCISCO ZUNIGA (Costa Rican / Mexican, 1912-1998) 'Mujer con Olla', from 'Hommage aux Prix Nobel', 1983Color lithograph on paper. Published by Galerie Borjeson, Sweden

May 18, 2024Francisco Zuniga, 'Mujer con Olla' Lithograph

$800

A Gayle Bright Set of Jaguar Jewelry in 14K: 1) 1993 14K yellow gold pendant by Gayle Bright featuring a jaguar head in brushed gold with high polish details and black enamel accents, signed and dated, 1 in. L, and 2) 1993 14K yellow gold earrin

May 09, 2024A Gayle Bright Set of Jaguar Jewelry in 14K

$150

Pre-Columbian Chavin Jaguar stone tenon head: Pre-Columbian Chavin stone tenon head from Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. This rare and remarkable stone tenoned head sculpted in the form of a jaguar head would have been projected from the upper portions of

6 days LeftPre-Columbian Chavin Jaguar stone tenon head

$4,000

$Francisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of: Drawing on paper 7½ x 10 inches, rendered in the style of Francisco Zuñiga (27 Dec 1912 - 09 Aug 1998) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture.[2]$

2 days LeftFrancisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of

$200

Francisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of: Drawing on paper 7 x 10 inches, rendered in the style of Francisco Zuñiga (27 Dec 1912 - 09 Aug 1998) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture.[2] Journali

2 days LeftFrancisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of

$200

$Francisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of: Drawing on paper 7 x 9½ inches, rendered in the style of Francisco Zuñiga (27 Dec 1912 - 09 Aug 1998) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture.[2] J$

2 days LeftFrancisco Zuñiga (Drawing on Paper Painting) Style of

$200

Pre-Columbian Effigy Figure with Swivel Head: Pre-Columbian Cultural Jade Effigy Figure, Swivel Head, Costa Rica, Private West Palm Beach Collection

May 09, 2024Pre-Columbian Effigy Figure with Swivel Head

Costa Rican Greenstone Celt and Tumbaga Jaguar Head

Item Details

Description

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE; Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 700 to 1500 CE. A beautiful collection of Costa Rican artifacts. First is a tall and slender figural celt with incised abstract anthropomorphic details, a gradually-widening body, a sharpened blade edge, and laterally-drilled suspension holes, all hand-carved from a mottled pale green stone with dark inclusions. Second is a later tumbaga head depicting an abstract jaguar with a surface layer of 14K gold surrounded by lovely green patina. An intriguing ensemble! Size (celt): 1.45" W x 3.75" H (3.7 cm x 9.5 cm); size (tumbaga head): 1.25" L x 0.875" W (3.2 cm x 2.2 cm).

Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#136029

Condition

Leather necklace strap included with celt. Tumbaga head was once part of a larger item. Head has loss to one ear and repair to the other. Both items have age-commensurate surface wear, light roughness in some areas, and small nicks to edge (celt) and neckline (head). Light earthen deposits throughout both items. Head has nice green patina in some areas.

Buyer's Premium

24.5%

Costa Rican Greenstone Celt and Tumbaga Jaguar Head

Name: Costa Rican Greenstone Celt and Tumbaga Jaguar Head
SKU: 64834521
Price: 500 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $1,200 - $1,800

See Sold Price

Starting Price $500

Sell a Similar Item

Shipping & Pickup Options

Item located in Louisville, CO, us

See Policy for Shipping

Payment

Artemis Gallery

TOP RATED

Louisville, CO, United States

1,301 Reviews

7,903 Followers