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Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located 30 miles northeast of Mexico City. The city – which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 – was settled in early 400 B.C. and evolved into a powerful and influential city by 400 A.D. However, when the…
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- Item Number: S-6796
- Provenance/Origin: Teotihuacan Culture. 100 - 500 A.D.
- Composition: Clay on wood stand
- Dimensions: 4" tall x 1.75" wide x 1.5" deep on stand
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 285.00 USD
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Classic Veracruz culture refers to a cultural area in the north and central areas of the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz, a culture that existed from roughly 100 to 1000 AD.
This particular statue is from the Late Classic Period or between the 6th and 8th Century…
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- Item Number: S-6969
- Provenance/Origin: PreColumbian Veracruz. Late Classic Period.
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 8.5" tall x 4.5" wide x 4.25" deep on stand
- Weight: 1.25 pounds with stand
- Price: $ 195.00 USD
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Typical of Northern Thai Buddhas, this stunning statue lacks many of the ornate designs seen in many Buddha statues as seen earlier and more recently. Simplicity is better because it allows followers to concentrate more on the spirituality aspect.
Acquired 30 years ago in The golden…
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- Item Number: S-0069
- Provenance/Origin: Northern Thailand. 17/18th Century
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 15" tall x 7" at widest x 3.5" deep
- Weight: 8.5 pounds
- Price: $ 1,175.00 USD
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The Chimu Kingdom culture – a large adobe city in the Moche Valley near the present day city of Trujillo – began their rise in 900 AD. They were masters in crafting black pottery in various shapes and forms.
I started being interested in their rather…
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- Item Number: V-3676
- Provenance/Origin: Moche Valley Peru. 1000 - 1300 AD
- Composition: Chimu Blackware
- Dimensions: 10.5" tall x 7" in diameter
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 355.00 USD
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There is still little known about the wayang golek puppets but historians have speculated that they most likely originated in China and arrived on the north coast of Java (Pasisir region) around the 17th Century. Through a series of cultural adaptions over a couple of hundred years,…
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- Item Number: O-4445
- Provenance/Origin: Java. Circa 1960s.
- Composition: Cloth, embroidery, wood
- Dimensions: 24" from top to bottom of costume
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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Indonesian tribal art is among the most intriguing and varied in the world. There are as many styles and expressions as there are ethnic and cultural groups. Each of these groups produces unique objects of great interest and beauty that are used in rituals and ceremonies …. …
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- Item Number: R-4712
- Provenance/Origin: Alliance Francaise de Singapour. 92 pages with color photos
- Dimensions: 15.25" tall x 10.25" wide
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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Incidents of Travel in Central America is a travel work by John Lloyd Stephens, documenting his time travelling through Central America from the early to mid-1800s…. noting the native life and customs. He was an American explorer / writer (trained as a lawyer) who was very important…
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- Item Number: R-7301
- Provenance/Origin: Harper & Brothers. 1855 Printing
- Dimensions: 6" x 9" x 3.5" thickness of both volumes
- Weight: 4 pounds
- Price: $ 177.00 USD
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I was able to acquire another LIKE NEW copy of this valuable resource book. A full 364 pages with numerous illustrations and photographs.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art with editors: Douglas Newton and Jean Barbier.
This is an excellent coffee table book or a research…
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- Item Number: R-6769
- Provenance/Origin: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1988. Like New Condition.
- Dimensions: 9 x 12" format
- Price: $ 28.00 USD
