Colima Pottery Blackware Flute with Warrior

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Most flutes we see are usually very plain and almost always repaired. This fine example is neither. Straight pottery flute in black burnished finish, head of a warrior adorns the are...

USD 2015-07-31

Colima Pottery Whistle - Turkey

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An adorable hand-built terracotta whistle in the form of an adorable turkey, America's bird! Nicely detailed with applied feathers, round eyes and a long, prominent beak. Size: 3-1/2"L (8...

USD 2015-05-21

A Rare and Most Bizarre Colima Pottery Flute

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. One of the most unusual examples of Colima pottery flutes - or pottery pieces we have ever seen! Pottery animal form flute covered in deep red slip in an animal form that resembles a fr...

USD 2015-07-31

Colima Pottery Dog In Prone Position

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Adorable pottery puppy ready to accompany its master into the next life! Coffee bean eyes, alert ears and perky tail. Size: 7" x 4-1/4" x 4". Provenance: Ex-private Houston, TX collection acqu...

USD 2015-05-21

Fine Colima Pottery Whistle - Bird

Pre-Columbian, west coast, Colima, Ca 300 BCE/CE. Abstract pottery bird that acts as a whistle. Works well! Size: 2"L x 1-1/2" W. Provenance: Ex-Miriam Toro Collection 1960s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultu...

USD 2015-03-19

Colima Pottery Redware Olla

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Large and very attractive vessel with bulbous base with flared spout covered in deep red slip, outer shoulder decorated in two registers of flowers - possibly tomato flowers. S...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Pottery Dwarf Hunchback Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Mexio, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Fabulous example of Colima pottery depicting a dwarf with hunchback. Note the facial detailing with gorgeous coffee bean eyes, well formed nose and pouty lips. His hunchback is very pronounced w...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Pottery Figural Flat

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 100 BCE. Fine terracotta flat depicting a standing figure with features characteristic of the Colima style including an elongated head, prominent aquiline nose, elaborate headdress, and large ear orn...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Pottery Double Tiered Jar

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Rare pottery vessel with bulbous base and connected to a smaller olla by way of three "tubes." An interesting example! Size: 8"H x 5-1/4" in diameter. Provenance: Ex-private Houston, Texas...

USD 2015-05-21

Adorable & Very Rare Colima Puppy Whistle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Very rare and quite amusing pottery whistle in the form of the front half of a Colima dog. Dog is in the "flying dog" pose with front legs outstretched, snout acting as the mouthpiece to th...

USD 2016-06-02

Colima Pottery Double Dog Incensario

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Attractive pottery incensario in the form of a double dog. Dogs each looking at each other with heads slightly tilted, standing on a total of 5 legs. Atop the double dog sits an inse...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Pottery Brownware Bowl - Incised Decoration

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A finely built Colima brownware bowl of a graceful, shallow form, with a richly incised decorative program of netted diamond shapes set in geometric striations on the underside. Size: 6-7/8...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Pottery Flute w/ Ball Player at Mouthpiece

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely and highly-burnished pottery flute adorned by brown slip with the figure of a ball player just below the flared, perforated mouthpiece. The athlete's face is composed of almond-sh...

USD 2019-01-24

Rare Colima Pottery Whistle - Dancer Form

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE/CE. Very rare and very attractive pottery whistle in the form of a dancer. Legs and arms spread wide, rattle in each hand, applied loin-cloth and long striated hairdo - whistle incorporated into head ...

USD 2016-08-03

Colima Terracotta Parrot Footed Vessel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Terracotta vessel with tripod feet, surface highly burnished (polished), featuring lobed exterior associated with squash forms. Interestingly, the three tripod feet are in the form of abstrac...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Burnished Pottery 4-Note Flute

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Fine pottery flute in shades of red and black with incredible root-marked surface. Mouthpiece possible in zoomorphic form, 4 holes to allow changing tone. Size: 11" L. Provenance: Ex-private F. Mc...

USD 2015-09-24

Two Colima Shell Pectorals

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima region, ca 300 BCE/CE. Two nteresting shell pectorals - of the type commonly shown on pottery figures from this region. Each in crescent-shaped shell in shaeds of white and orange and each perforated laterally....

USD 2015-05-21

Rare Colima Pottery Whistle - Miniature Shaman

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. So rare, this fine pottery whistle represents a miniature seated redware shaman! He wears the classic shaman's horn on his forehead and a fanciful headdress and sits with his hands to bent kn...

USD 2017-01-19

Section of Colima Pottery Jar - Armadillo

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. What was once and incredible vessel is now this lovely section. Very detailed sculpture of armadillo with long ears and textured body. So very expressive! Custom mounted. Size:...

USD 2015-05-21

Veracruz Decorated Pottery Whistle

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz/Vera Cruz, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Cute whistle in the form of a standing male. He is supported on two legs and the spout of the whistle with hands raised to support his hair or headdress, liberal amounts of added bitumen...

USD 2015-05-21

Cute Colima Pottery Warrior Whistle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A small hand-made pottery figure of a warrior standing behind a large shield, holding up what appears to be a weapon but which is functionally the mouthpiece of the whistle. A quirky and fun ...

USD 2016-09-22

Tairona Pottery Whistle & Stone Celt

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 1000 CE. Fine pottery blackware whistle in the form of a standing jaguar transformational beast. Spout to whistle is at top of the head, hole at base allows for changing the pitch. Along with green-sto...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Terracotta Maskette

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A refined ceramic maskette in a monochrome black finish with charmingly minimalist facial features - think Modigliani - and angular ear formations pierced to receive ornaments. There are ...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima 4-Note Flute With Warrior Figure

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Pottery flute in slipped brown with the figure of a warrior just below the mouthpiece. Warrior wears a helmet with pads at top and over ears with long sash below. Plays quite well, with...

USD 2015-06-30

Colima Pottery Warrior Whistle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A solid pottery standing warrior holding a large rectangular shield and a club in his right hand. He wears a large helmet strapped to his head with cloth bands; the helmet is also a working w...

USD 2018-12-06

Colima Pottery Seated Whistle Figure

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure depicted in a seated pose with crossed legs and a forward-leaning pose. Attenuated arms project from rounded shoulders, with the left hand posed in an explanatory,...

USD 2018-12-06

Adorable & Very Rare Colima Puppy Whistle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Very rare and quite amusing pottery whistle in the form of the front half of a Colima dog. Dog is in the "flying dog" pose with front legs outstretched, snout acting as the mouthpiece to the ...

USD 2016-06-02

Colima Pottery Platform Group - Man and His Dog

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Adorable pottery platform group of a man and his best friend. He sits inside and rounded hut, hands to his knees, dog sitting obediently at his feet, tail raised showing his contentment. A swee...

USD 2015-05-21

Large Jalisco Pottery Warrior - Rare White Slip

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Unusual and very attractive pottery warrior. He stands on very large detailed feet, knees slightly bent, hands to his sides, scarified shoulders and wearing crested helmet, padded loin ...

USD 2015-05-21

Colima Terracotta Platform Figure

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine Colima platform figure depicting a seated figure with hands held to upraised knees seated inside a covered hut mounted on a platform, likely a grave good as the Colima engaged in a sha...

USD 2015-05-21