Pre Columbian Large Veracruz pottery Head Mexico Circa 600-900 A.D

This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings. Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate coiffure or headdress and ear spools...

Pre-Columbian Terracotta Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico A classic shaman’s head vessel having a horn strapped onto the forehead with a slip-painted headband, coffee bean eyes, sharp...

Beautiful terracotta hand sculpted figurative head. Signed INAH MEXICO. Reproduction licensed under the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico. Beautiful sculpted...

This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings. Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...

A rare and unusual pre-columbian ceramic face vessel from the ancient Mayan, Aztec or Wari Empire (c. 300–1000 CE). This pre-columbian vase or jug features an anthropomorphic effigy ...

A commanding terracotta bust inspired by K’inich Janaab Pakal, the legendary 7th-century ruler of Palenque—one of the most sophisticated Maya city-states. Pakal, often called “Pakal ...

12th century terracotta head of a woman, Song Dynasty (from 960 to 1279). This small, delicately molded head of a woman wearing an elaborate headdress is mounted on a cube-shaped...

A figurative construction ceramic probably a water collector simply modeled, this head is very expressive and the details can clearly be seen. The Trowulan archaeological site, approximately 100 square kilometres, located in the Mojokerto Regency is believed to contain the remains of what was once the capital city of the Majapahit Empire, featured by 14th century poet Mpu Prapanca in his poem Nagarakretagama. The city was razed during a fight between Girindrawardhana and Kertabhumi in 1478. The Trowulan site is the only archaeological site dating to the Hindu-Buddha classical age to be found in Indonesia. Archaeological remnants and artefacts of the old city in the Trowulan Site were found buried underground as well as on the surface and are still being found today.rtefact:Majapahit terracotta...

A striking mid-to-late 20th-century terracotta effigy vessel, hand-built in the traditional revival style of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ceramics. This piece heavily references the ic...

Pre-Columbian Earthenware Incensario, El Chanal, Colima, Western Mexico A large incense burner/brazier depicting the rain god Tlaloc from the El Chanal area in Colima. This would be...