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Style: Pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico A lively pre-Columbian Colima dog vessel sitting back on its haunches, with one foot slightly lifted off the ground as i...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Pre-Columbian Earthenware Incensario, El Chanal, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Incensario, El Chanal, Colima, Western Mexico A large incense burner/brazier depicting the rain god Tlaloc from the El Chanal area in Colima. This would be...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Pre-Columbian Inca Hand Carved Kero / Drinking Vessel, 1300-1500 AD
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved beaker-shaped wood drinking vessel was used to drink 'chicha' which was a beer-like beverage made from fermented corn. The weathered exterior showing incised geometri...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Hardwood

Pre-Columbian Earthenware Female Figure, Nayarit, Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Female Figure, Nayarit, Mexico A tall standing nude female figure of the San Sebastian Red type. The expressive face is adorned with ear ornaments and a sh...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Pre-Columbian Vessel in the Form of a Shaman s Head, Colima, West Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico A classic shaman’s head vessel having a horn strapped onto the forehead with a slip-painted headband, coffee bean eyes, sharp...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Terracotta

Pre-Columbian Stirrup Vessel from Moche Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic stirrup vessel pot from late Moche culture circa 500-700AD in nowadays Northern Coast of Peru. The hollow vessel features a rounded body and...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Ceramic

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Ethiopian Milk Vessel
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Blackware Vessel In The Pre-Columbian Style
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
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Earthenware, Pottery

Framed Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Frangment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers likely from l...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Wool

Costa Rica Jade Avian Axe God Celt Pendant Pre Columbian, 500 AD-1500 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
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Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian  Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America  A Calima vessel featuring double spouted stirrup vessel with incised design in red clay   Calima circa 200 BC- 400 AD Col...
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Materials

Clay

Pre-Columbian Inca Kero Vessel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Large wooden Pre-Columbian Inca Kero cup. From Central Peru, circa 1300 to 1500 AD. A hollowed wooden vessel, of conical form, decorated with carved incis...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

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Colima Water Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming ceramic vessel is attributed to the Colima region of Western Mexico dating back to 300 AD. The vessel boasts a deep red tone and large globular body that comes to a poi...
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Colima Water Vessel
Colima Water Vessel
H 8.25 in W 9.5 in D 6.25 in
Pre-Columbian Black Portrait Stirrup Vessel from Moche Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
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Petite Pre-Columbian Blackware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite blackware vessel shows many telltale signs of Pre-Columbian pottery. Speckled with imperfections, the vessel's darkened surface was achieved by ...
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Mayan Pre-Columbian Style Red Round Jar with Naturalistic Drawings
Located in Huay Pix, MX
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Unearthed Petite Pre-Columbian Lobed Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Marvelously organic in form and exhibiting a rich patina, this zoomorphic lobed vessel shows many telltale signs of Pre-Columbian pottery. The hand painted patterns and red clay have...
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15th Century and Earlier Central American Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

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Clay

Pre-Columbian Incised Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
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Petite Pre-Columbian Striped Chupícuaro Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
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15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Pre-Columbian Jars

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Terracotta

Pre-Columbian Erotic Pottery from the Chimu Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
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