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Place of Origin: Central American
Decorative Hand-Woven Mask from Panama, Nemboro by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Nemboro by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Pre-Columbian Jaguar Head Pendant
Located in Astoria, NY
Pre-Columbian Jaguar Head Pottery Pendant, with traces of green glaze. 2" H x 2" W x 1" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$650 Sale Price
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Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Decorative hand-woven bag/box from Panama, Sac-Bolso by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven bag from Panama, Sac-Bolso by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Nemboro by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Nemboro by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Burro by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
A large pedestal dish with two hammerhead shark-like sea creatures in plum, ochre and b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tribal Antique Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dorothy Thorpe Midcentury Crystal Lucite American Knot Paperweight Sculpture
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury crystal Lucite American knot paperweight sculpture. This wonderful piece was designed by Dorothy Thorpe in America during the 1960s.
An amazing item with a unique knot ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
HAND CARVED SIGNED WAKMASKI 80 LARGE WOOD STATUE OF SOLDIER ON A HORSE VERY FiNE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very decorative, hand carved Wakmaski signed statue of a horse with Calvary rider
Please note the del...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Central American Animal Sculptures
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Wood
Rustic Folk Art Horse and Ox from Nativity Scene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Guatemalan carved wooden nativity animals, depicting a recumbent horse and ox. Both figures retain traces of their original polychrome - the horse in mottled cre...
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19th Century Rustic Antique Central American Animal Sculptures
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Wood
Costa Rica Jade Avian Axe God Celt Pendant Pre Columbian, 500 AD-1500 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Costa Rican Jade Axe God,
Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. A.D. 1-1500
Of celt form depicting the mythical part human- part avian figure, with circular eyes...
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15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Bonbon Chouval "Jean"/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,756 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bonbon Chouval "Mini Me Terre"/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$777 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Porte Dogon Terre/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Traditional Dogon architecture throughout a Dogon village consists of a series of unique and exceptional mud buildings which the Artist, Victor Anicet, featured in an organic sculptural manner in his Porte Dogon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,728 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bonbon Chouval "Tissage"/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,756 Sale Price / item
20% Off
"Ven Dan Vouel" /Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Unique Representation of the history and travels through the Caribbeans, by the Martinican artist Victor Anicet.
Each sculpture is unique and symbolic and brings a unique and con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$7,200 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Bonbon Chouval "Bleu Voodoo"/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,987 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Ulises Jimenez Obregon Cubist Sculpture Monkey
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A really fabulous cubist sculpture of a monkey or chimpanzee by the noted Costa Rican artist Ulises Jimenez Obregon titled Volca and made out of the rare wood known as Cenizaro. This...
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Early 2000s Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Bonbon Chouval Terre/Sculpture
By Victor Anicet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,987 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cane
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
By Ethic&Tropic
Located in Warsaw, PL
Decorative hand-woven mask from Panama, Mascara by Ethic&Tropic
Extraordinary art and decorative items, these masks come from the shamanic beliefs and rituals of indigenous Embera t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Primitive Central American Animal Sculptures
Materials
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