GOLD & GODS OF PERU, PRECOLUMBIAN BOOK THAT GOES IN DEPTH ABOUT THE CULTURES AND RELICS OF PERU, 180

GOLD & GODS OF PERU, PRECOLUMBIAN BOOK THAT GOES IN DEPTH ABOUT THE CULTURES AND RELICS OF PERU, 180 PAGES, HARDBACK

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. This is a spectacular and rare copper depiction of the god Ai Apaec (also Ai Apec) as a near life-sized figure! This copper being is com

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. This is an amazing silver bowl and rattle - the craftsmanship, material, and creativity of the artisan to combine instrument and vessel

Pre-Columbian Siguas Culture Mantle, Peru, 200-400 CE. Camelid wool. Provenance: Arte Textile, San Francisco, CA. Size: 60'' x 47'' (152 x 119 cm).

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeqye-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region. Brownware stirrup ve

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Sican, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A gold crown made from hammered 14K gold sheet presenting a rich iconographic program featuring six running jaguars and surrounding Naymlap the Emperor

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 700 to 1470 CE. Grand in many respects - scale, color palette, design, and more - a striking textile that is sure to make a statement, comprised of

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. An incredible copper headdress, made of a hammered flat sheet of copper with a symmetrical body and the three-dimensional head of a

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. An impressive ensemble of wearable art intended for a lord or shaman from the ancient Chavin peoples, all made from high karat gold that wa

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. Truly a museum quality pair - these sizeable 14K gold ear ornaments depict matching portrait visages of a Mochica Lord, skillfully delineated

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari / Wari, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A striking poporo portrait head finely carved out of wood, its glistening gold sheet (80% gold, equivalent to 18K+) covered face pres

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1350 CE. Wow! A stunning matched pair of enormous ear spools, shockingly light due to their delicate construction. Each is a ho

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. An incredible mask made of hammered copper, with small pierced holes around the edges for affixing it. Twelve

Pre-Columbian, south coast of Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A massive wooden pillar, made from the wood of the huarango tree, with a long, cylindrical body that widens into a planar,

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chimu, Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An elegant ritual kero (drinking cup) formed from a single sheet of 74.9% gold (equivalent to 17K+). The minim

Pre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from jungle birds! The head was on

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like face, gazing forward intensely with inla

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Jequetepeque River region, Chavin culture, Tembladera phase, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A fabulous ceramic vessel depicting two fisherman sitting atop a pair of cylindrical

Fine Pre-Columbian Wari Tie-Dye Textile Panel, Peru, 700-1000 CE. Richly saturated colors. Camelid wool.Mounted on a fabric-lined board backing and plexi frame. Provenance: Arte Textile, San Francisco

A 1712 eight escudos from the 1715 Spanish Feet shipwreck. With Certificate of Origin as pictured. MS 62. 

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. Stunning solid gold pendant in the form of a standing shaman. He wears a large nose ornament with scrolled designs along base, suspension

Width 50 cm Depth 33 cm Height 180 cm, Materials: Painted iron, brass, aluminium, Color Pink, gold, black.

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the god of rain and lightning, wearing a

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Cauca Valley, Quimbaya culture, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. An incredible tumbaga figure of a standing shaman, fully three-dimensional, with many incised details and a small lo