Finely carved from a single piece of hard black/brown basalt and polished to have a smooth surface on the interior, raised designs on the exterior. Exterior skillfully carved with repeated claw-like motifs reminiscent of the stone clavas found from this culture. Size: 8.625″ W x 3.5″ H
Inuit Carving “Dancing Bear”
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chaviv, ca. 900 to 500 BCE.
Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican, Colima & Aztec, ca. 300 BCE to 1500 CE.
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533CE.
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 yo 1000 CE.
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE.
