Pre-Columbian Jadeite Jade and Spondylus Bead Assortment
Including: 3.125-inch, 2.875-inch and 2.75-inch jadeite jade tube beads; 2.75-inch pale green onyx undrilled lunate pendant; bracelet made up of (6) mixed jadeite jade and green stone beads with a pendant; over (40) mixed jadeite jade / stone beads; a 3.50-inch spondylus shell pendant; a 3.25-inch spondylus curved tube bead; (7) spondylus tube bead fragments; (3) spondylus shell beads; necklace comprised of a clay figurine pendant with (14) mixed beads; a burnished clay conch shell effigy pendant; a clay lizard shaped pendant; bi-conically drilled slate gorget, probably North American; Mayan style knapped flint eccentric, mounted as a pendant; together with chert lance and arrow heads; (4) carved stone faces from Mezcala and elsewhere; a stone figurine; green stone figurine fragment; a ceramic straight pipe having an applied zoomorphic effigy
Property from: a Dixon, Illinois estate
Length: 5 3/4 inches, Width: 2 1/4 inches (white chert lance head)
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 11:04 am CST
Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot.
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Width: 2.25
Depth: 5.75
Depth: 5.75
Condition
Very Good to Good, no chips or cracks noted to large jade tube beads, lunate pendant, gorget, lance head and eccentric; some smaller beads having chips or may be fragments of larger beads; overall light to moderate wear; Disclaimers: jadeite items tested on heat conductivity scalewhile these items are believe to be period pieces, we cannot guarantee the actual age