"Hacha" in shape of a human skull in profile, ca.

Northern Europe, Pre-Viking / Migration era, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A stunning gold bracteate pendant in a disc shape with a repousse motif of a human face in profile with a horse below. The sheet

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz/Veracruz, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A large carved stone hacha fragment depicting a stylized face in profile - the indented eye outlined with low relief curving shapes that m

Rare Antique Shan Engraved Skull Kapala, 19th C.A human skull kapala with Burmese writing, tantric square, and magical symbols, cut from the frontal or parietal portion of the skull and used in Shaman

An earthenware beer mug with pewter fittings in the shape of a human skull resting on a "commercium" book, on which the saying "Gaudemus igitur juvenes dum sumus". (Enjoy while you are young). NB: A c

China/Mongolia. 1700/1800. Handcarved stone statue in a human shape with skull-head. 1,39 kg. -19x8x8cm

A rare human skull amulet from Teotihuacan, Mexico, ca. 350 - 650 AD. This nicely detailed example is 1-1/4 in. high, is carved from wood and covered in stucco. Strong mineral deposits. Mounted on sta

Himalaya Region, Tibet, ca. 18th century CE. This human skull cap, known as a Kapala or Thod-pa, was made to be used in Hindu and Buddhist tantra rituals (Vajrayana). Not only are they used in rituals

Pre-Columbian, Vera Cruz / Maya, ca. 500 to 950 CE. A magnificent example of a ceremonial hacha depicting a human head donning an arched headdress/headband upon a high, crested forehead, hand-carved f

Latin America, Mexico, ca.1950 CE. Almost whimsical carved wooden mask used in the Day of The Dead (Dia de los Muertos) holiday celebrated throughout Mexico. Carved in the form of a human skull with d

An unusual Maya stone amulet from Belize, ca. AD 250 – 700. It is carved from a fine-grained gray stone in the form of a frog morphed with a human skull and a human face emerging along one edge. Ex

Pre-Columbian Veracruz stone hacha from Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. A superb and beautiful hacha with human face and elaborate headdress. 13" height. Ex. D. Farias, Texas, acquired by descent from Darryl

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Classic Period, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A large pottery whistle in the form of an owl-transformed human shaman figure. With human shape and an owl face, including huge wide

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautifully-carved, cream-colored shell formed into three panels that together form a human fi

Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face with circular sunken

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 500 to 950 CE. An amazing Mayan "eccentric" flint of soft grey hues presenting several images including two human faces in profile wearing angular headdresses. Th

Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1000-1500 CE. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face with circular sunken

Europe, probably Germany, ca. 1900 CE. A meticulously delineated turn of the century wax model of a human head left profile; section of skin cut away to reveal anatomy beneath. Created in wax and othe

Pre-columbian Taino Anthropomorphic Three pointer from the Dominican Republic, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face wi

Pre-columbian Taino Anthropomorphic Zemi from the Dominican Republic, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic figure that depicts a skull-like human with circular

Pre-columbian Taino Anthropomorphic Three pointer from the Dominican Republic, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic face that depicts a skull-like human face wi

Pre-columbian Taino Anthropomorphic Zemi from the Dominican Republic, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. This striking example features a stylized anthropomorphic figure that depicts a skull-like human with circular

Egypt, New Kingdom or later, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a clay tablet with a low-relief human figure in profile. The lower part of the figure is very well preserved, showing nice detail on the clothing as

**Originally Listed at $200** Amazon River Valley, Peru, Shipibo, ca. 1950 to 1970. A beautifully decorated polychrome human effigy canteen from the Shipibo-Conibo tribe, an indigenous people along th

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. An amazing small figure of a crouched human male with a skull-like visage, amazingly carved in great detail without the u