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THB3 Maya, Colima & Nicoya Stone Blades & Eccentric Flint
Lot 76
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Mexico or Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A fine collection of 3 knapped stone tools from 3 Pre-Columbian cultures. The first is a Colima red obsidian blade with black inclusions; knapped to a rounded butt end and pointed tip. The obsidian is a glassy texture and revered by many pre-Columbian cultures for its razor-sharp properties. The second tool is a blade or spear point from the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, made from a matte chert stone. This piece exhibits bifacial knapping and light mineral deposits, a rare and very fine example! The third stone is a Maya eccentric flint made of a cool gray-white chert with prominent notched sides. This knapped eccentric is a ceremonial item of a highly abstract from to represent a zoomorphic creature. This example looks much like an insect or a centipede! Each stone is mounted and framed to display. Size Colima: 4.5" L x 1.75" W (11.4 cm x 4.4 cm); frame: 8.25" L x 6.25" W (21 cm x 15.9 cm); Costa Rican: 4.8" L x 1.8" W (12.2 cm x 4.6 cm); frame: 6.5" L x 5" W (16.5 cm x 12.7 cm); Maya flint: 3" L x 1.125" W (7.6 cm x 2.9 cm); frame: 4.6" L x 4.6" W (11.7 cm x 11.7 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA; (Colima) purchased August 5, 2008 from Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida, USA; (Nicoya) purchased October 4, 2006 from Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private Colorado, USA collection; (Maya) purchased September 20, 2006 from Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-private London, UK collection
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#164784Costa Rican point is intact with only a minor chip to the tip and light mineral deposits. Maya flint is intact with minor nicks and chip to peripheries. Colima point has a loss to tip of blade and butt end and stable fissure cavity near the butt end. Light mineral deposits on surface. All are displayed in modern frames as shown. The Maya flint is loose in the frame and off center.Condition
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