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Taino Pre-Columbian Human-to-Iguana Transformation Cemi. Nicely relief carved in sumptuous serpentine. The eye are slit (closed) usually indicating entropic ecstasy. Subject squats with hand limply re

Pre Columbian Taino Zoomorphic Pottery Vase. Size 8 1/4 inches length, 4 3/4 inches high.Possibly ancient? Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslow South Orange NJ acquired in the London Market 1980s

Taino Pre-Columbian, Fully Formed Anthropo-Zoomorphic Lime Pot. Entirely Incised in symbols and anatomical features. Swirl eyes symbolize drug intoxication. Small vessels similar to this pot were used

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A remarkable collection of 4 silver bells, each in the form of a zoomorphic head resembling a canine. Each featuring a projecting ring on th

Taino Pre-Columbian Full Figure Anthropic Spatulate Form, possibly for purging prior to taking cohoba. Pierced eyes. Hands hold a medallion like object. The legs resemble those of a frog . A abstract

Taino Pre-Columbian Long Marble Vomit Spatula with human form at one end. The head is reversed 180 degrees, a design element unique to the Taino. Another design found in the Taino repertoire is the do

Large Pre-Columbian Nicoya or Mayan metate and mano grinding stone in tripod zoomorphic form, jaguar, Costa Rica, includes paperwork and photo from original 1971 sale. Good condition, chips and inclus

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

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Pacific Slope, Diquis/Nicoya region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a metate depicting an animal, perhaps a

Taino Pre-Columbian Bird Spoon. Ceremonial two headed spoon. The head facing the viewer is a bird. The one at top of head is zoomorphic. The back of the spoon has two interlocking bird heads that ofte

Pre-Columbian zoomorphic stone mace head, 700-1000 AD, Nicoya culture, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized owl head, having a cylindrical hole through the center for attachment to a shaft, 2"

Pre-Columbian zoomorphic stone mace head, 700-1000 AD, Nicoya culture, Costa Rica, carved in the form of a stylized owl head, having a cylindrical hole through the center for attachment to a shaft, 1.

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An adorable pottery vessel in the form of a seated zoomorph adorned with black-on-red painted decoration of woven and geom

2 Chimu Zoomorphic Vessels: 1) large open spout vessel with mating frogs, 2) handled vessel of frog with raised avian forms on handle. Peru. 1100-1470 AD. Ranging in size from 5'' x 6'' x 4'' (13 x 15

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pair of two hand-built pottery ocarinas exhibiting abstract zoomorphic forms. First is a redware pottery o

A very rare Pre-Columbian Colima 200 BC - 200 AD alabaster / quartz carved vessel in the form of a female jaguar. Showing a transformation from human to zoomorphic form. All carved from a single piece

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexican, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable pottery double flute boasting the zoomorphic form of an owl with pointed horns, large, a pinched beak,

Pre-Columbian, West Mexican, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable and still functioning pottery double flute boasting the zoomorphic form of an owl with pointed horns, large, a pinched beak, and

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A seafoam green jade axe god carved and string cut to represent an abstract zoomorphic form with two part

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Bahia, Guangala, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-built greyware ocarina depicting a zoomorphic form with sound holes perforating its arched 'back' a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Bahia, Guangala, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-built greyware ocarina depicting a zoomorphic form with sound holes perforating its arched 'back' and l

**Originally Listed At $125** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A beautiful tumbaga (alloy of gold and copper) ornament in a highly abstract zoomorphic form of a seated fr

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Three delightful ceramic musical instruments - two ocarinas and one rattle - of zoomorphic form. Two are highly abstract, while the third is a crocodilia

Pre-Columbian, Belize, Preclassic Maya Period, ca. 250 BCE to 250 CE. A trio of curiously shaped chert flints fittingly known as "eccentric flints" in highly abstracted zoomorphic forms. The largest i