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  Pre Columbian Art - Dosmanos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Many pre Columbian objects were plain and simple, being only intended for practical purposes, but the pre Columbian artisans also created intricate pieces for use in trade, for paying tribute and to serve religious functions.
The pre Columbian cultures buried pottery with their dead to accompany them into the afterlife, thereby demonstrating the predominance of pottery in their culture and their skill at creating it to modern archeologists.
In pre Columbian times, kilns were not used; pieces of pottery were fired in an open fire or a pit in the ground.
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 Griffin Gallery Ancient Art Antiques,Regional Art,Americas,Pre Columbian Directory
He is holding an arrow in one hand, wearing a loin cloth with phallus, and a hat with a strap under his chin.
Mixtec incensario, rounded bowl supported on rounded tripod legs, one in the form of an old man, the head with pierced eyes jutting forward, wearing a loin cloth, and ear ornaments.
Body adorned with a tusk necklace and a complex headdress with a projecting flat rim collar surmounted by a stylized sting-ray with applied flened eyes.
www.griffingallery.net /catalog/Antiques:Regional_Art:Americas:Pre_Columbian10.html   (681 words)

  
 DeHoogh Antiques Antiques,Regional Art,Americas,Pre Columbian,Pottery Directory
Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery
Height 9.5cm width 16.5cm This Tlatilco fl ware ritual vessel is supported on a pair of tall open feet, which are decorated by a wide band of white Stucco.
Mexico Circa 100 BCE to 250 CE Height 23.4 cm Width 25 cm The headrest is supported by human legs and an arching tail.
www.dehooghantiques.com /catalog/Antiques:Regional_Art:Americas:Pre_Columbian:Pottery.html   (318 words)

  
 Antiques, Regional Art, Americas, Pre Columbian, Pottery on Trocadero
Four old drilled holes indicate the bowl had cracked in ancient times and was ‘repaired’ by a prehistoric Indian who closed the crack by running cordage through the holes and binding them tightly (the cordage long sinc...
An abstract, possibly a very highly stylized animal, ocarina with a fantastic multi toned sound, the tone can be modulated by the force of the air flow, plus the use of the multiple holes.
This 2 5/8” wide ceramic candelero (AXH782) was found on April 15th, 1954 (so marked on its base with fl ink) at the site known to the Aztecs as the ‘Place of the Gods’.
www.trocadero.com /directory/Antiques:Regional_Art:Americas:Pre_Columbian:Pottery530.html   (725 words)

  
 Pre Hispanic Mexico
A gray volcanic stone depicting a stylized zoomorphic head with large central crest and large, round, recessed eyes and open mouth.
Fine Tlatilco Pottery Female, Middle Pre Classic Period, Ca.
Nicely detailed face with wolf-like mask, large ear spools, headdress centrally braided and he has a large glyph-like badge on his chest.
www.howardnowes.com /Pcme.html   (1615 words)

  
 Ancient Art of the Americas Antiques,Regional Art,Americas,Pre Columbian,Sculpture Directory
Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture
Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 330076 (stock# 04-09AA358)
Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 330070 (stock# 04-07PS51)
www.trocadero.com /AAA/catalog/Antiques:Regional_Art:Americas:Pre_Columbian:Sculpture10.html   (395 words)

  
 eBay - pre columbian ..., Antiquities Classical, Amer., Cultures, Ethnicities items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pre Columbian Moche Fineline Burial Olla, Delicate !
Pre Columbian Nazca Open Mouth Vase Vulture Eating !
Pre Columbian Chimu Ocean and Sun Iconography, Museum!
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