![ANCIENT PRE COLUMBIAN TUMBAGA JAGUAR FIGURINE: An ancient Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican tumbaga figurine of a jaguar. Tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper, was commonly used in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican metallurgy for crafting various objects, inclu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6975/331859/179024006_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717181638)
Pre-Columbian Copper
![ANCIENT PRE COLUMBIAN TUMBAGA JAGUAR FIGURINE: An ancient Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican tumbaga figurine of a jaguar. Tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper, was commonly used in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican metallurgy for crafting various objects, inclu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6975/331859/179024006_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717181638)
![Moche Copper Figures on Plinth: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A cast-copper figural scene displaying 3 figures standing on an integral plinth. One outer figure wears an avian crown while the other hol](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540100_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Moche Copper Tumi & Chimu Copper Bowl: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 800 CE; Central Coast of Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A set of 2 copper artifacts from ancient Peru including a Moche copper tumi with a seri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540108_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Moche Copper Tumi Blade w/ Ai Apec Deity: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 800 CE. An impressive copper chisel like knife known as a tumi, with a figural finial represents the god Ai Apec - the verso shows his many c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080705_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Moche Copper Mace Head, Openwork Design: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 2nd to 8th century CE. A cast-copper mace head of openwork discoid form with several slits that were pierced through the still-molten metal. A central sh](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233936_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Lot of 6 Moche Copper Lime Spoons: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 6 copper lime spoons, each with a stylized zoomorphic creature - either a monkey, a deer, or birds - on the top. The surfaces of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233934_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Moche Copper Staff Handle Finial - Birds Eating Snake: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 800 CE. An interesting copper handle finial with a pair of sizable birds pecking away at the body and head of a lengthy serpent, all atop a cylind](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233935_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451666)
![Zapotec Copper Axe Blades / Weapons (3): Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Zapotec, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A collection of 3 copper axe blades that may have served as weapons, ceremonial blades, or even as currency during this period. Size of longest: 8"](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080679_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Pre-Columbian Copper Royal Ceremonial Sandals, Moche 300-100 BCE: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Costal Region, Moche River Valley, Moche Culture 300-100BCE. An incredible intact pair of very early ceremonial slippers in copper with original bands. Used in burial pra](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4859/331143/178513842_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716587811)
![Two Sican-Lambayeque Copper Feline Maskette Appliques: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A set of 2 copper burial maskette appliques of convex form, each exhibiting a stylized feline face with teardrop eyes an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179233939_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451667)
News about Pre-Columbian Copper
![Limoges enameled copper plaques attributed to Leonard Limousin top $537K at Freeman’s Hindman](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/177014732_1_x.jpg)
Limoges enameled copper plaques attributed to Leonard Limousin top $537K at Freeman’s Hindman
PALM BEACH, FL — An exceptional pair of 16th-century Limoges enamels emerged for sale in Florida on May 22. Freeman’s Hindman’s Palm Beach Furniture and Decorative Arts sale included large-scale oval portraits of two scions of a French noble family, attributed to the royal enameler Leonard Limosin (circa 1505-circa 1577). They hammered for $410,000 ($537,100 […]
![Enamel and Copper Tryptic by Phoebe Anna Traquair leads our five auction lots to watch](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lyon-and-Turnbull-April-17-April-18-Phoebe-Anna-Traquair-triptych.jpg)
Enamel and Copper Tryptic by Phoebe Anna Traquair leads our five auction lots to watch
Enamel and Copper Tryptic by Phoebe Anna Traquair EDINBURGH, UK – This enamel and copper triptych is the unmistakable work of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1873-1936), an important member of the Arts and Crafts movement in Edinburgh and the first woman to be given honorary membership in the Scottish Royal Academy, in 1920. She is considered […]
![Gilt copper cow weathervane, Moorcroft pottery and a belsnickle appears at Kensington Dec. 11](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/162962227_1_x.webp)
Gilt copper cow weathervane, Moorcroft pottery and a belsnickle appears at Kensington Dec. 11
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![Man charged with theft of UNH antique turret, copper wire](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Thompson-Hall-UNH.png)
Man charged with theft of UNH antique turret, copper wire
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) _ A New Hampshire man has been charged with a number of thefts, including a copper turret cover from the University of New Hampshire and cut copper wire that caused a campus power outage and $100,000 in repairs.