Valdivian Jadeite Hand Axe

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia culture, ca. 3500 to 1800 BCE. A lovely greenstone hand axe or celt that is comprised of a straight handle side and slightly flared corners,

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A beautiful axe head that is hand-carved from soft, olive-green stone. The composition includes a pair of protruding handles, a sturdy

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A fabulous axe head hand-carved from mottled stone of dark green color with beige inclusions; one side is lighter than the other. The a

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia culture, ca. 3500 to 1800 BCE. A hand-carved greenstone hand axe of minimalist, utilitarian form bearing hues of forest green and light gray. The celt was formed by pe

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia culture, ca. 3500 to 1800 BCE. A very fine greenstone celt or axe head that is comprised of a straight handle side and slightly flared co

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A sturdy hand axe head that is hand-carved from mottled forest green stone with dark gray and faint russet in

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya Region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A pale green jadeite celt (hand axe), finely carved, depicting a tropical bird-human effigy with a pointed beak, crest-like hea

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. This jadeite celt (hand axe) has an incredible color - such a dark green it is almost black, with tiny dark brown

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 BCE. COLOSSAL, MONUMENTAL, ENORMOUS, a ceremonial jadeite celt (axe), skillfully hand-carved from blue-green jadeite with mottled sage gree

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 BCE. An elegant ceremonial jadeite celt (axe), skillfully hand-carved from blue-green jadeite with mottled sage green inclusions. The jadei

**Originally Listed At $275** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian/Shillacoto-Wairajirca culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A fine group of 5 miniature votive hand axe heads carved from mottled stone of eith

**Originally Listed At $900** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A fabulous axe head hand-carved from jade with a mottled coloration of black, grey, and white; a rounded

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A very large axe head hand-carved from stone of gray-green hues with a mottled coloration, a rounded blade and slightly incurved sides

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A gorgeous example of an abstract axe god figure that is hand-carved from mottled pale green jadeite with dark green and s

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Ibarra, Valdivian culture, ca. 1800 to 1500 BCE. A fine axehead, hand-carved from a greenstone with a mottled coloration of gray and green. The blade features a curved tip, and

A Costa Rican jadeite axe god - grayish-green color, circa 800 - 1200 A.D. A carved jadeite stone with linear geometric face and conical decorated headdress. Hands are held to its stomach.Suspension h

L:7cm W:5cm Wt:52g

Northwestern Europe, Southeast England, Middlesex, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 400,000 to 250,000 years ago. A superb flint bifacial hand axe was fashioned by Homo erectus (H. heidelberge

Western Europe, France, Velleches, Fontmaure Open Site, Mousterian, ca. 80,000 to 40,000 years ago. Fashioned out of rich, golden jasper that the famous Fontmaure site is known for, this extraordinary

Height: 17.2cm, width: 8.5cm, thickness: 1.7cm, weight: 181g

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Finely carved from basalt or granite, a hand axe of a prone figural form depicting a flying shaman with a peaceful facial expression on his l

Palaeolithic, 1.9 million - 70,000 years BP. A large bifacial quartzite piriform hand-axe showing wind-erosion to the surfaces. 2.1 kg, 25cm (9 3/4") Property of a European collector; formerly from th

A choice Acheulean hand axe from the Sahara, Early Paleolithic period. This gorgeous pear shape axe is 5-1/2 in long and is polished to a lustrous shine on one side by millennia of wind-blown sand and

**Originally Listed At $800** Western Europe, Northern France, Oise Department, Hardivillers, Paleolithic, late Oldowan to Acheulean period, ca. 1,000,000 to 40,000 years ago. A chert hand axe from pr