4281 of 1211 lots
4281
Pre-Columbian bone and shell tools and jewelry
Estimate:
$300 - $500
Sold
$250
Live Auction
Saturday, November 17th Furniture, Fine Art, Jewelry and Timepieces, Asian Art
Description
(lot of 8) Pre-Columbian bone and shell tools and jewelry, including a Bird Bone Guage, Aztec, Xico (Valley of Mexico), Mexico (1300 - 1500 A.D.); Provenance: HDEnterprises of Denver, Colorado, originally part of the Allen Heflin Collection; an attractive bone flute incised with geometric designs, while a monkey-like figure seated astride the top has markings of an animal, Chancay, Peru Pre-Colombian Period (Pre- A.D. 1500); Provenance: Elizabeth Emond; a Nasca double-headed psittacidae bone totem, Southern Peru (100 - 700 A.D.), with powerful beak and pronounced eyes with lashes and 3 horizontal bands on each prong beneath heads and one set of three bands on common trunk and a single set of striations over bands on back., on a metal stand, Provenance: Tumi Antiques; together with Chimu Spondylus Necklace in shades of pink, rose, beige & orange (38 cm), Provenance: Dale Ellison, Nomad�s Journey Via, etc., largest: 12"l
Condition
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