Pre-Columbian Antiquities from South America

SPECIAL PURCHASE priced to sell! From ancient Peru's north coast, Chimu Culture, ca. 1000-1400 A.D. Wonderfully carved and incised wood balance beam with a row of human-like creatures and hollow-drilled...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Bronze Lime Dipper, from ancient Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 200 - 499 A.D. Cast bronze capped with a crouching bird with curved beak at top of the...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Single Spouted Jar, from the North Coast of Peru, Phase Moche III/IV, ca. 200 - 550 A.D. Redware pottery vessel, mold-made, slip painted buff...

Unusual form! Standing Female Idol Figure from the ancient Quimbaya culture of Ecuador, ca. 1200 AD. Rare variant of the well-known pottery slab figures, she is nude with...

Found near huaqueadas graves or in caves consisting of many chambers, in southern Peru, ca. 1300 - 1600 A.D. These random-shaped ancient ceramics, possibly...

Beautiful simplicity! Ancient Pre-Columbian Blackware Bottle from the North Coast of Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique culture, ca. 1200 B.C. Single-spouted vessel features...

Nazca Polychrome Olla, from the south coast of Peru, ca. 100 - 500 A.D. Ancient pottery vessel with figures encircling in a dance celebrating the first-fruits or the...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Stirrup Effigy from north coast of Peru, Moche / Mochica culture, ca. 300 - 400 A.D. Polychrome pottery vessel in the form of a muscovy duck...

Beautiful! Ancient Pre-Columbian Silver Kero from Peru, Sican culture, ca. 800 A.D. Drinking vessel crafted from sheet silver with rows of raised, spiral stars.

Large and impressive! From the north coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1000 A.D. Handcrafted silver kero / drinking vessel formed by hammering a piece of sheet metal over...

Rare and fine set of 4 Mochica / Moche Lime Spoons, from ancient Peru, ca. 0 - 400 A.D. Made from cast silver, three depict hummingbirds and one depicts a stylized...

From ancient Peru, ca. 200 - 400 A.D. Wonderful Nazca polychrome vessel with a single stirrup spout on its back, colorful tail and head, breast decorated with white base...

Fine early textile hat from the Nazca culture of southern Peru, ca 500 A.D. Tightly woven cap of camelid fibers in wave and triangle pattern, decorated on top with bright...

From Ecuador, a large and finely modeled stirrup vessel from the Chorrera culture – Ca 1200 BC. Large rounded base with circular platform and typical mushroom-shaped...

Coastal Manabi Province, Ecuador, Ca 1 to 500 AD, blackware vessel of saucer-shape with small cylindrical platform on which a reclining monkey rests on his elbow.

An incredible and very early textile weaving from southern Peru! Ca 300 BC - Proto-Nazca - and woven in camelid wool in the form of an exotically colored frog with central...

Fabulous example of early textile workmanship! Rare and almost perfect textile sash from the Moche culture of northern Peru, ca. 200 to 600 A.D. Woven in shades of...

Fine example of silver workmanship from the Inca culture that stretched between Ecuador to the north and Chile/Bolivia to the south. Ca 1300 to 1450 AD.

Fine and very attractive cloth "coca" bag from north-coastal Peru, Ca 1200 to 1400 AD. Cotton pouch in white background with brown vertical stripes, woven woolen...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Fragment, from Southern Peru, ca. 100 B.C. to 200 A.D. Woven in a geometric, tie-dye block pattern from camelid fibers,

Ca. 1400 AD. Jet black glazed, terracotta vessel having a near metallic sheen finish. The slightly gadrooned body is reminiscent of a pumpkin-like fruit having a long, slender...

Ca. 800-1500 A.D. Graceful, polychrome-decorated terracotta vessel having a wide central register containing two seated dignitaries with stylized feathered...

An outstanding ancient pottery bowl from the Paracas culture of south coastal Peru - ca 500 to 100 BC. Deep-black interior with exterior in dark brown; single human...

Extremely rare and vibrant textile roundel - similar in use to one's coat-of-armor - from the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru. Ca 800 to 1000 AD and woven in bright...

An excellent Chimu adaptation of an ancient Sican vessel, from Peru, ca. 1100 – 1300 A.D. In blackware pottery, this nicely-detailed bird is depicted holding an ear of maize...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Chimu-Inca Drum vessel from Peru, ca. 1300 – 1500 AD. Done in blackware pottery featuring two crisply-molded panels depicting a mythological...

Rare type! Ancient Nazca (Proto-Nazca) polychrome vessel from Peru, ca. 100 BC – 100 A.D., clearly copying an earlier Paracas form. Chamber decorated with knotted...

Very sweet! Virtually perfect ancient Kero from the Nazca culture of southern Peru, ca 200 to 400 AD. Polychrome drinking cup decorated in white, red and black depicting...

Very rare and important ancient Pre-Columbian Moche I Stirrup Vessel, early example, ca 200 A.D. Depicting a seated lord or shaman, in burnished blackware pottery;

For Quimbaya figures, they just don't get much better than this! Large typical slab figure / Retablo / from Colombia, ca 1000 to 1400 A.D. Female figure with wonderfully...

From north-coastal Peru, ca. 1100 to 1400 A.D. Ancient pottery bridge / stirrup spouted vessel from the Chancay culture with twin drum-shaped vessels connected by a strap...

Manufactured toward the end of the Mayan civilization, most likely in Guatemala, ca 900 to 1000 AD. A fine example of the pottery known as "Plumbate," fired at...

Mayan, Late Pre-Classic to Classic, ca 200 BC to 200 AD. Stemmed "macro blade" made from Colha Chert, found in northern Belize. A large and very fine example of...

Ancient shell beads from the Chimu, Inca civilizations of north-coastal Peru, ca. 1200 to 1400 A.D. Recently strung on clear cording with solid silver tweezer as focal...

Just slightly larger than a miniature - and unusual as such. Ancient Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome cup, from Southern Peru, ca. 200 - 400 AD. In the form of a Trophy...

Ca 1200 to 1400 AD, from the north coast of Peru. Silver tweezer serves as central pendant with spondylus shell beads. Interestingly, to the necklace have been added...

How cute! Carved stone pendant in animal form of what appears to be almost of Inca canopa (llama effigy usually thrown into the fields to insure healthy crop and ...

A very sweet and unusual ancient pottery whistle from the Cocle culture of Panama, ca 600 to 800 AD. Small polychrome bird-form whistle with mouthpiece in tail;

Delightful ancient Pre-Columbian Nazca vessel in the form of a trophy head! Ca. 100 to 300 A.D., small polychrome cup or seed jar painted in shades of red, dark brown...

Very sweet matching pair of ancient Pre-Columbian polychrome pottery bowls from the Nazca culture of southern Peru, ca 100 to 300 A.D. Each bowl is decorated...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Incised Tumi, certainly owned by royalty! Chimu culture, north-coastal Peru, ca 800 to 1200 A.D. Copper bladed implement - this variety ceremonial...

Rare culture! Ancient Pre-Columbian Bowl from Argentina (where only small amounts of ancient pottery have been found), La Aguada culture, ca. 500-900 A.D. Large greyware...

From ancient Peru, Nazca/Huari culture, ca. 0 - 600 A.D. Pair of matching tassels, both have tightly-woven geometric decorated stems attached to bundles of red...

From ancient Peru, ca. 400 - 100 B.C. Redware pottery double-chambered, bridge-spouted whistling vessel having frontal chamber modeled in the form of a sitting bat with...

Rare! From the northern coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 500 B.C. Ancient brownware pottery stirrup in the shape of a fish with an anthropomorphic face with round eyes/nose...

From the Moche Culture on the North Coast of Peru, ca. 0-700 A.D. Lovely (and wearable!) necklace composed of spondylus shell beads in shades of tan; accented with...

Created in the period between 1300 - 1500 A.D., during the height of the ancient Inca Empire. The most conclusive dating of these objects came from a cache found in...

Beautiful colors... Ancient Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment, from southern Peru/Bolivia, ca. 700-900 A.D. Handwoven camelid fibers in rich shades of red, orange,

Ancient Pre-Columbian Bowl from southern Peru, Nazca culture, Ca. 400 A.D. Polychrome pottery flared bowl decorated with a series of hummingbirds in vivid shades...

Superb! Ancient Pre-Columbian Stirrup Vessel, Moche Phase IV, North Coast, 400 - 550 A.D. On this polychrome pottery bottle, two animated warriors, their faces covered with...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Portrait Vessel, Moche Phase IV, North Coast, ca. 500-700 A.D. Hollow-molded pottery vessel in typical stirrup form, depicting a prominent ancient...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Gold Disc from the north coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 - 200 B.C. Of sheet gold in circular form (decorative symbol for the sun), relief...

Nice! Ancient Pre-Columbian Footed Bowl from Columbia, Narino culture, Tuza, ca. 1200 - 1500 A.D. An attractive tan slip bowl with tall sides; features a standing...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Figure from South America, Colombia region, Quimbaya culture, ca. 500 - 1400 AD. Terracotta hollow-molded standing male figure with hands held to...

Stunning & wearable! Ancient Pre-Columbian Beaded Necklace, from Peru or Ecuador, ca. 100 B.C. - 100 A.D. Composed of black & white tubular beads in crystal...

Ready to wear! Ancient Pre-Columbian Beaded Necklace from the Moche Culture on the North Coast of Peru, ca. 0-700 A.D. Composed of spondylus shell beads in shades of...

Wearable ancient art! From the Moche Culture on the North Coast of Peru, ca. 0-700 A.D. B eautiful necklace composed of spondylus shell beads in shades of red, orange and tan.

SPECIAL PURCHASE! Ancient Pre-Columbian Coca Bag from the south coast of Peru, ca. 900-1400 A.D. Naturally dyed camelid fibers woven in a simple, banded pattern with four

SPECIAL PURCHASE! From the south coast of Peru, ancient Pre-Columbian Sash/Belt, ca. 100 B.C - 100 A.D. Handwoven textile sash/belt features allover geometric pattern in...

SPECIAL PURCHASE! From ancient Peru, Nazca/Huari culture, ca. 0-600 A.D. Coca Leaf Bag / Chupsa woven in camelid fibers; belt handle woven...

SPECIAL PURCHASE! Ancient Pre-Columbian Columbian Small Bag, Chancay culture, ca. 1100-1400 A.D. Of natural-colored cotton fiber, woven together almost...

Extremely rare size! Ancient Pre-Columbian Narino Amphora from Colombia, ca. 500-1000 A.D. A fine miniature version of the classic 'bullet' style amphora. Slender, elongated...

Exceptional example! Classic Maya Polychrome Vase from the Copan village, Honduras, ca. 550-950 A.D. Beautiful and large pottery vessel featuring bands of motifs derived...

Found near huaqueadas graves or in caves consisting of many chambers, in southern Peru, ca. 1300 - 1600 A.D. These random-shaped ancient ceramics, possibly reworked...

Ancient Pre-Columbian Stone Canopa Votive Offering from Peru, Inca culture, ca. 14th-15th century A.D.

Ancient Pre-Columbian Bottle from the north coast of Peru, Mochica / Moche culture, ca. 400 - 500 A.D. Polychrome pottery vessel depicting a war club with warrior assembly...

From ancient Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200- 400 A.D. Polychrome pottery bowl / cup featuring six burrowing owls encircling.

From the Tairona culture of Colombia, ca 500 - 900 A.D. Brownware pottery flute in the shape of a standing transformational figure in fierce animal headdress, hands...

How romantic! Ancient Pre-Columbian Bronze Tupu, Moche culture, ca. 300 - 700 A.D. Long, straight clothing pin having a crown-type finial decorated with two kissing...

Larger and more detailed than most... From ancient Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1400 – 1500 A.D. Cast and hammered solid copper knife / ceremonial blade featuring a standing man figure