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LOT 2234
Pre-Columbian Stone Arrowhead Collection
CIRCA 2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 1/4 in. (30 grams total, 49-82 mm).
Comprising bifacial knapped arrowheads with two long and short leaf-shaped types in chert and a leaf-shaped type with deeply serrated edge in orange quartzite. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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Pre-Columbian Terracotta Head
Circa 16th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Modelled with semi-naturalistic facial features and wearing a ribbed headdress or elaborate hairstyle. 142 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Anthropomorphic Votive Group
100 B.C.-15th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Two pre classic stylised human heads from San Jeronimo, circa 100 B.C. from Guerrero, Mexico, with one other pre-Columbian figure, possibly female, with stylised painted facial features and remaining arm. 380 grams total, 6.3-11 cm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK. -
Pre-Columbian Cloth Made into Dolls in Victorian Times
11th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The polychrome woven Pre-Columbian textile fragments sewn into doll form in the Victorian age, when the stylised faces were added and attached to a panel with a loop; the dolls have been woven to reflect the style of ancient Chancay dolls from Peru. 78 grams, 19 cm
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
