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THB4 Prehistoric Objects - Hair, Tooth, Ivory, Stone
Lot 101a
About Seller
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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By Artemis Gallery
Feb 3, 2022
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2022-02-03 10:00:00
2022-02-03 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : VARIETY SALE | Ancient, Asian, Ethnographic
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Join us for our first sale of February with a spotlight on two fabulous collections, one from Lumberton, Texas, and the other from Whisnant Gallery in New Orleans. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Join us for our first sale of February with a spotlight on two fabulous collections, one from Lumberton, Texas, and the other from Whisnant Gallery in New Orleans. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
North Africa, Morocco, Cretaceous, ca. 97 million years ago; North America, Alaska & Central Asia, Siberia Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 100,000 to 20,000 years old; North America, ca. millions of years ago. A collection of 4 prehistoric items including a tiger eye stone, mammoth ivory beads and fur, and a Spinosaurus tooth. The tiger eye is sizable and gorgeous type of chatoyant quartz gemstone that has a stunning coloration and graining that creates the chatoyancy, or "cat eye effect," the reflective quality. The bracelet is comprised of 23 spherical beads carved from fossilized mammoth tusk, drilled, and strung on an elastic thread that enables them to stretch over the hand to fit a variety of wrist sizes. A case contains a tuft of course, dark-brown woolly mammoth hair that was preserved in the permafrost! Last is a fossilized tooth from a Spinosaurus with a rich umber enamel and beige root and interior layers with coarse sand particles. Size of tiger eye: 4.75" L x 1.35" W (12.1 cm x 3.4 cm); tooth: Size: 1.75" L x 0.6" W (4.4 cm x 1.5 cm)
Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship b>PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#168112Stable fissures on tooth and losses to enamel and surface abrasions. Tiger eye is cut and polished to a glassy surface on all sides. Bracelet beads are carved and polished in modern times and strung on elastic cord as wearable bracelet. Hairs are contained in an acrylic case.Condition
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