Moche Copper Tupu (Tunic Pin) w/ Jaguar

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 $350** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Pe

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A copper tupu topped by a delightful figure of a fox, with two tiny, round shell discs for eyes. The fox perches, its fluffy tail c

Group of three pre-Columbian Peruvian artifacts. Comprised of one Moche copper tupu/pin, ca. 8th-16th c; one Chancay wood figure, ca. 1000-1470 CE; and one Chancay ceramic deer vessel, ca. 1000-1200 C

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A lovely cast-copper dagger with an elongated body, a pointed tip, and a curved openwork finial depicting an abstract jaguar deity. The fel

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A beautiful tunic pin known as a "tupu" composed of a copper alloy containing 8% silver. The needle-form bo

10 3/4" MOCHE COPPER BIRD EFFIGY TUPU / CLOAK PIN, PRECOLUMBIAN ARTIFACT FROM PERU, EX FLOYD RITTER COLLECTION

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A beautiful tunic pin known as a "tupu" composed of copper that has aged to have a pretty dark green patina. Th

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. Wow! A gilded copper tupu of delightful form with a long, tapering pin surmounted by a discoid finial with a notched pe

**Originally Listed At $250** Latin America, South America, Andes, Peru or Bolivia, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A fine brass tupu pin in the shape of a feather with an elabor

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic set of three Chimu artifacts; a figural vessel, a double-chamber vessel, and a pair of tupu pins. Presenting in a pale

DESCRIPTION: A collection of three Pre-Columbian Chimu peoples, copper Tupu pins. The first features a male figure with a right hand along his chest. The second features a figure standing with his leg

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A copper tumi ritual knife presenting a lengthy, trapezoidal body and a rounded blade surmounted by the figure of a warrior seated on one kne

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I or II, ca. 100 to 300 CE. An extremely rare and oh so fine ceremonial copper tumi adorned with the head of a lord or perhaps belonging to the chief Mochica dei

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hammered copper knife known as a tumi, with a flat, rectangular blade and a thick tubular tang. The blade spi

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a small copper axe blade with a flared half-circle at the bottom. The top has a wonderful figure of a lord with a huge head

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE. A collection of 9 copper bells presenting in a clam-like shape with the copper sheet folded at the center,

**First Time At Auction** Near East or Central Asia, Bactria or Luristan culture, ca. 3000 to 1000 BCE. A gorgeous pin for a cloak or tunic, cast from copper with a lapis lazuli finial. The shaft tape

A Pre-Colombian Moche Copper Tumi w/ Warrior Finial. Measure Approx. 8" Long. Please carefully read our terms of sale, shipping information, and request any condition reports or photos prior to placin

**First Time At Auction** South America, Bolivia, ca. early 20th century CE. A fantastical large cast copper tupu, or garment pin, in the form of a large sun above a crescent moon. An inlaid piece of

***RE-LISTED UNDER NEW CONSIGNMENT*** A Pre-Colombian Moche Copper Tumi w/ Warrior Finial. Measure Approx. 8" Long. Please carefully read our terms of sale, shipping information, and request any condi

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. An incredible copper disc that may have been worn as a pectoral, the three-dimensional head of a lord pro

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche or Vicus culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fantastic collection of three dazzling copper mace heads, cast via the lost-wax technique. Two are disc shaped with a larg

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. A rare mold-made copper figure, a kneeling warrior with red shell inlays for earrings and a shield boss. The figure wears a conical hat and holds a cl

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A fabulous pair of bronze spoons (also called lime spoons), used to prepare lime powder in order to enhance the hallucinogenic properties of drugs like c