Costa Rican Greenstone Celt Anthropomorphic

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 f

**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

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A beautiful pendant of an abstract anthropomorphic figure in profile, hand-carved from a fragment of forest-gre

**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

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

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 250 to 800 CE. An exceptional Costa Rican jade pendant comprised of beautiful blue-green jade with golden inclusions, expertly carved and string cut to

**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

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

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. Finely carved from stone of deep blue-green hues with white inclusions, a celt-shaped bead, drilled laterally

**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

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A gorgeous carved semi-translucent grey-green jade pendant in the form of an abstract anthropomorphic figure. Shown possibly seated wi

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica,Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 800 CE. A finely carved greenstone pendant depicting a bird with a string cut beak, eyes and other facial features. Th

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A beautiful avian celt, finely carved from a single piece of mottled greenstone, depicting a rather unusual triple-headed avia

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is tapered

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A petite figural celt that is hand-carved from mottled sage-green stone with inclusions in black

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

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A gorgeous necklace strung with dozens of ancient greenstone disc beads, 6 high quality gold beads, and a jade pendant. The strand co

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. An exceptional pendant comprised of a beautiful greenstone of a gray-green hue, and expertly string cut to depict two outward facing cro

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, Central Ameri

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

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is tapered

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A finely carved tubular greenstone snuff tube, a marvel for its form - overall cylindrical with three ribs near the top. The stone is pale green speckled

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

Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A refined flat pendant carved from greenstone with dark and light green inclusions. This minimalist motif is string-cut along its peripheries revealing