Description:

One Jama Coaque. ca 500 CE, the other, Proto Mayan, possibly as early as Olmec ca. 1000 - 800 BCE. This lovely pair of terracotta roller stamps were likely used to mark textiles and/or human skin. The Ecuadoran piece features striking abstracted wavelike motifs with geometric borders. The Proto Mayan stamp features a lower register of charming group of figures holding hands in unity, a middle register of square motifs possibly signifying house-like forms and an upper register of triangular motifs possibly signifying hilly land forms. Plentiful cinnabar deposits. 2-5/6" long x 1-1/2"D, 2-1/3"L X 1"D . Provenance: EX-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, IL acquired prior to 1970. All items in this auction are legal to buy/sell under U.S. statute covering cultural patrimony per United States Code 2600, CHAPTER 14 -- CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

  • Condition: Minor loss at edges, else both intact and excellent.

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