Rare Maya Pauahtun Head Rattle - Ex. Sotheby's

Ancient Egyptian Bronze Staff with Falcon head horus Ex Sothebys. Size 6 1/4 inches high. + mount. Rare Ancient Egyptian Bronze Top of staff with Falcon head Horus late period c.625-520 BC. with insci

A tall slender carved wooden marionette like head, also possibly used in dance or as a parade staff with stylized ancestor face, elaborate coiffure, incised scar designs and traditional grimace like s

Pre-Columbian, Classic Maya, ca. 600 to 900 CE. This is a flaked obsidian eccentric form. Importantly, this item was deaccessioned from the collection of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. The Mint Mus

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A rare greenstone bead depicting the head of the Maya sun god K'inich Ahau (also K'inich Ajaw or God G). The

N.E. Thailand, c. 12th century. Very rare large Khmer brown and straw glazed stoneware vessel. This piece sold at Sotheby's, NYC Indian and S.E. Asian sale #6440, June 7, 1993 for $7400.00. Ex Sotheby

A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples,

A very old female effigy, carved from a dense hard wood with well handled surface patina and incised / raised designs. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The figure measures 20 inches tall. Provenance: Soth

Kashmir, ca. 6th-7th century. A beautiful and sensitively-sculpted terracotta head of a Bodhisattva. Custom base. Ex: James & Marilyn Alsdorf Collection. Exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and

A Carved wooden mask with inset wooden studs, painted linear designs and a animal hide beard attached to the chin. Glossy surface patina and well worn edges. Bakongo peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The m

5 3/4" D. Caddo Rabbit Rattle Head Effigy. 8 1/4" from Tip of Nose to Tip of Tail. Restored. Ex Sam Johnson and Steve Dowell

Africa, Nigeria, Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. An impressive and relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head, with characteristic overhanging brows. It is difficult to ascertain whether it had a f

A Very heavy carved wooden effigy in the form of a stylized Ram. Known locally as "Uhmwogho" it was considered a memorial to Important male ancestors who were often honored with wooden ram heads. Thes

A Very heavy carved wooden effigy in the form of a stylized Ram. Known locally as "Uhmwogho" it was considered a memorial to Important male ancestors who were often honored with wooden ram heads. Thes

Native American, Southwestern United States, southern Colorado, Ancestral Puebloan, (Anasazi), Pueblo I to Pueblo III period, ca. 750 to 1300 CE. This is a hand-pecked and polished stone axe or hammer

Sale Highlight! Wood Canvasback Working Decoy, with rare resting head, old repaint-tack eyes, Ex Briscoe Collection, Duck/Goose Decoy, Waterfowl, Hunting, Primitive, Antique, Quincy Illinois

England, Antique Silver Gilt Ring with Female head c.17th cent AD. Size 21 mm wide, ring size 8.5. Ornate raised bezel with facing female head. Rare. wearable. Provenance: Ex Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi.

A very rare Old carved wooden reliquary head from the Byeri Cult of the Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. Among the fang peoples figurative sculptures were produced for the ancestor cult, or "Byeri," which

Ancient Holy Land Hittite Clay Head of a Lion c.1800 BCE. Size 2 1/8 inches high. Rare type Lion head, fine details. Provenance: Ex Griffin Gallery Florida.

10 5/8" D. Mace Effigy Bowl. AR. Rare type. Solid bowl. Head reattached with restoration. Ex-Kevin Pipes

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Campeche or Chiapas, Mayan Territories, Classic Period, ca. 400 to 900 CE. A hand carved anthropomorphic stone and stucco head of the May

A very fine and rare old Shango staff with cowrie shell adornment and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure has an old label on the side as well as an old Sotheby's Park Bern

A rare ancient carved Volcanic stone idol of a warrior or Priest shown holding a Trophy Head. The head appears to be upside down and worn around his neck. Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed

This is a rare ancient terracotta head which would have commemorated a member of a royal family who lived in what is now south central Ghana. Such sculptures, viewed as substitutes for the deceased, w

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, likely Yucatan Peninsula, Maya, ca. 600 to 950 CE. A phallic effigy carved from a rounded red stone, incised to create a bulbous head. This may have functioned as like