A Lifetime of Curiosity

Large petrified mammoth (mammuthus primigenius) tusk fossil, dating from the Pleistocene. With wooden stand. This is a fine example of an Ice Ag...

Pleistocene bison priscus skull fossil, deaccessioned from the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, and given to Joseph T. Fla...

Group of three pre-Columbian Peruvian artifacts. Comprised of one Moche copper tupu/pin, ca. 8th-16th c; one Chancay wood figure, ca. 1000-1470 CE...

Group of thirteen Huastec pre-Columbian pottery heads. The Huastec civilization (sometimes spelled Huaxtec or Wastek) was a pre-Columbian civiliza...

Group of thirteen Huastec and Maya pre-Columbian pottery heads and figures found between Tampico and Veracruz. From the collection of Delbert Krau...

Group of thirteen Huastec and Maya pre-Columbian pottery heads and figures found between Tampico and Veracruz. From the collection of Delbert Krau...

Group of thirteen Huastec and Maya pre-Columbian pottery heads and figures found between Tampico and Veracruz. From the collection of Delbert Krau...

Group of thirteen Huastec and Maya pre-Columbian pottery heads and figures found between Tampico and Veracruz. From the collection of Delbert Krau...

Jama Coaque culture (Ecuador) pottery figure with bird headdress, ca. 33 BCE -500 CE. Not TL tested. Extensive restoration. Dimensions: Height: ...

Pre-Columbian Maya polychrome pottery bowl with rattle feet, ca. 500-800 CE. Repaired. Dimensions: Height: 3 1/2 in x width: 8 1/2 in.Condition...

Mochica/Moche pre-Columbian ceramic stirrup vessel with slip decorated conch shells, ca. 300-600 CE. Collected in Peru, ca. 1968-1972, by George ...

Group of five pre-Columbian pottery figures. Comprised of one Veracruz pottery figure, ca. 600-800 CE; one Nicoya figure, Costa Rica, ca. 800-1000...

Pre-Columbian Colima ceramic flat figure, Teco style. Pre-Classic, ca. 100 BCE-250 CE. Purchased by Delbert Krause, Omaha, Nebraska, from Hartwe...

Pre-Columbian Jalisco seated terra cotta pottery figure. San Juanito style, protoclassic, West Mexico, ca. 100 BCE-250 CE. From the collection o...

Pre-Columbian Jalisco seated terra cotta pottery figure. San Juanito style, protoclassic, West Mexico, ca. 100 BCE-250 CE. Repairs to neck, left a...

Pre-Columbian Nayarit ceramic dog vessel, ca. 100 BCE-250 CE. Spotted slip decoration on back of neck. Dimensions: Height: 5 in x width: 7 in x de...

Group of four Diquis pre-Columbian polychrome ceramic whistles in the form of animals. Collected by Prof. Francis E. Ross in the 1930's - 1950's...

Group of eight pre-Columbian Chimu blackware pottery ear spools, ca. 1100-1450. Collected by Prof. Francis E. Ross in the 1930s-1950s. Dimensio...

Group of three Taino (Arawak) Zemi, pre-Columbian carved stone figures ca. 1200-1500 CE. Repaired legs on larger figure. Collected by Gleason Al...

A fascinating carved stone figure of unknown origin. Resembling fetishes and carved deities from Africa, the Pacific Islands, Neolithic, and pre-...

Group of four pre-Columbian Mexican stone objects. Comprised of one Purepecha greenstone celt/adze head, Morelia, Mexico; two black obsidian knive...

Large group of pre-Columbian Mexican pottery, jewelry, and decorations, comprised of twelve pottery whorls, one necklace with shell beads, one nec...

Group of Mexican pre-Columbian artifacts. Comprised of two ceramic roller stamps, Veracruz, Mexico; one Huastec limestone Effigy Pipe in the form ...

Group of nineteen arrowheads from Mendez, Mexico. Includes Catan, Matamoros and Tortugas type arrowheads, sometimes called "war points," in gray, ...

Group of five Mezcala greenstone artifacts. Includes one long, thin pendant and one round pendant, both Guerrero, Mexico, ca. 300-100 BCE; one ant...

Group of five pre-Columbian stone tools. Stone pestle from Van Wert, Ohio, with an early paper label. Chert adze, from a large Cahokia area collec...

Group of three pre-Columbian carved stone idols. Keywords: fetish, deity, effigy Dimensions: Tallest measures 3 1/2 inches tall ;)Condition: Pleas...

Mississippian Mound Builders ceramic hump backed human effigy jar, ca. 1000-1500 CE. Old repairs to rim, nose, and arms. Protruding vertabrae are...

Group of three North American pre-Columbian ceramic bowls. One Caddoan pottery bowl, Texas, ca. 1400-1650. One Mississippian bowl, clam shell temp...

One Caddoan Mississippian Culture seed jar with incised decoration. Dimensions: Height: 11 in x diameter: 4 1/2 in.Condition: Please contact us fo...

Pre-Columbian Mississippian Mound Builders red sandstone animal effigy platform pipe, ca. 900-1200 CE. Marked “PIPE” in white ink along the sh...

Pre-Columbian Eastern Woodlands people green slate banner stone. Illinois, ca. 1st-4th millennium BCE. Dimensions: Height: 2 in x width: 1 3/8 in...

Mimbres pottery bowl depicting a feathered serpent or river panther (Avanyu, Piasa) rising up out of the water. Lightning tongue and a beak like a...

Attributed to Nampeyo of Hano (c. 1859-1947). Hopi pottery bowl with lug and patinated stick possibly used for slip decoration, ca. 1900. Dimensio...

Hopi Polacca pottery seed jar, ca. 1885-1900. Dimensions: Height: 4 in x diameter: 8 inCondition: Please contact us for a detailed condition repor...

Hopi Polacca yellow ware pottery bowl in a globular form with polychrome geometric decoration along the body. Dimensions: Height: 6 in x diameter:...

Acoma Pueblo polychrome pottery jar, ca. 1880. Six raised diagonal ribs and a deep kick-up base. Early paper label reads “Acoma Pueblo.” From...

Group of four Pueblo pots, including one large blackware pot, one Acoma Olla, one San Juan avanju pot, and one Nampeyo bowl. Dimensions: Largest;...

Group of seven Santa Clara blackware pottery animalitos. Dimensions: Heights range from 7/8 in to 3 1/8 in. Widths range from 1 1/8 in to 2 1/8 i...

Santa Clara Pueblo blackware pottery bowl with a scalloped rim, ca. 1895. Two hairline cracks. Dimensions: Height: 4 in x diameter: 10 inCondition...

San Ildefonso Pueblo blackware pottery bowl, decorated with Kachinas and storm clouds, ca. 1920-1930s. Dimensions: Height: 5 in x diameter: 8 1/4 ...

Group of three Pueblo pottery pieces, comprised of one San Juan bowl, one Santa Clara jar, and one Santa Clara double gourd vessel. Dimensions: V...

Group of three Cochiti Pueblo pottery pieces, comprised of one lamb, one Storyteller, and one effigy cup. Dimensions: Height ranges from 2 1/2 in ...

Group of three Acoma Pueblo pottery pieces. One owl, one wedding vase, and one bowl. Dimensions: Vase; height: 9 in x diameter: 6 1/2 in. Owl; he...

Group of six pieces of Southwest Native American pottery. Includes two Zia Pueblo pots; one Hopi cylinder vase, ca. 1920s-1930s; one Zia Pueblo bo...

One Navajo blanket or rug in tan, brown, cream, and red. Dimensions: Height: 34 in x width: 25 in.Condition: Please contact us for a detailed cond...

One Navajo blanket or rug with center red diamond medallion flanked by two concentric stepped diamond motifs. Dimensions: Height: 53 in x width: ...

One Navajo Two Grey Hills weaving rug. The rug has a tight weave with beautiful geometric design. Dimensions: Height: 57 in x width: 40 in.Condit...

One Navajo blanket or rug with a tight weave and beautiful geometric design. Dimensions: Height 60 in x width 71 in. Condition: Please contact us...

Group of five Navajo weaving in various patterns. All are tightly woven and from the 20th century. Dimensions: First pictured weaving; height: 28...

Group of five Navajo rugs/blankets, including weavings in a variety of different styles, including Two Grey Hills and Chinle Revival. Dimensions:...

One Navajo Two Grey Hills rug weaving. The rug is tightly woven with natural wool and features a beautiful geometric design. Dimensions: Height: ...

Second phase Chiefs blanket weaving from circa 1860-70 decorated with natural brown, cream, cochineal red and grey dyes. The rug features a beauti...

Navajo Yei weaving, with the six-winged Yeibichai, ca. 1950s-1960s. Dimensions: Height: 47 in x width: 36 in.Condition: Please contact us for a de...

One Navajo rug or blanket from the early 1900s featuring two stepped geometric forms with a fret border. Dimensions: (Approximate) Height: 78 x w...

One Navajo Chinle Revival weaving dating from the third quarter of the 20th c. With bands of the arrow pattern. Dimensions: Height: 47 in x width...

Group of three pieces of Southwestern Native American jewelry. One Navajo silver cross with red coral. One Navajo silver, heishi, and coral neckla...

Navajo silver and turquoise squash blossom necklace with matching earrings. The necklace is heavily worked with foliate decorations and beautiful ...

Group of Southwestern Native American objects including a vintage pottery wedding vase with red decoration, one beaded necklace, four framed stone...

Group of two Native American Apache beaded pouches. One large brain tanned buckskin pouch, mostly thread sewn with some sinew, beaded with colors ...