PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICAN CLAY CHIHUAHUA DOG -WEST MEXI (07/18/2009)...

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PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICAN CLAY CHIHUAHUA DOG -WEST MEXICO

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Sold Date: 07/18/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

T IS SOME HISTORICAL LITERATURE WRITTEN ABOUT THE CULTURES OF WESTERN MEXICO WHICH INCLUDE THE STATES OF NAYARIT, JALISCO, COLIMA AND SINALOA OF WHICH THIS ITEM IS A PART OF. MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE AZTECS, MAYAS AND INCAS WHICH RELICS AND ARTIFACTS INCLUDE CEREMONIAL AND UTILITARIAN ARTICLES FOUND IN DIGS MOSTLY. MOST BUT NOT ALL, WESTERN MEXICAN RELICS WERE FOUND IN TOMBS AND CAVES IN THE PAST AND WERE PART OF FUNERARY ARTICLES PLACED WITH THE DEPARTED PERSONS. STATUES OF INDIVIDUAL AND COUPLES. TOMB WERE COMPLEX AND EXTENDED INTO VARIOUS CHAMBERS AND ROOMS PERMITING MULTIPLE BURIALS. BEAD AND SHELL JEWELRY. STONE AXES AND OBSIDIAN POINTS. CLAY WHISTLES, STONE GAME BALL AND MANY LOOM WHIRLS AMONG THE GROUPS OF RELICS AND FAVORITE ITEMS. STATUES. VASILLA VESSELS AND BOWLS ALSO. MANY VASILLAS AND BOWLS WERE FILLED WITH FOOD AND SUBSTANCES FOR THE SOULS JOURNEY INTO THE SPIRIT WORLD. MOSTLY FAVORITE ITEMS. THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT AND PUT INTO STORAGE 50 YEARS AGO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS BY A COUPLE WHO ARE NOW IN T 90'S. THEY WERE FACINATED WITH MEXICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARTIFACTS AND STARTED GATHERING ITEMS IN 1952 INTO THE EARLY 1960'S. FUTHER INFORMATION OF THESE EVENTS AND THE COUPLE ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ITEM SIZE APPX. 5 " WIDE X 6" TALL X 6" LONG. THIS CHIHUAHUA DOG IS CHARMING WITH IT'S CUTE FACIAL EXPRESSION TO SAY THE LEAST. NO REPAIRS AND ORIGINAL CONDITION. A GREAT SAMPLE OF ANCIENT JALISCO PRE-COLUMBIAN. * NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.* I REPEAT, THIS AND OTHER ITEMS WERE IMPORTED TO THE USA FROM 1952 TO LATE 1969 BY GENE AND VIRGINIA. THEY WILL VERIFY THIS FACT UPON REQUEST. THEY WERE STORED IN PASADENA, CA. FOR 40 YEARS+ AT A-AMERICAN PUBLIC STORAGE FACILITY TILL RECENTLY. ORIGIN WESTERN STATES OF MEXICO. APPX. AGE IS 300 B.C. TO 500 A.D. ITEMS WILL BE PACKED SECURELY FOR SHIPPING. SHIPPING COST $11.95 WEST COAST AND MID STATES. EAST COAST $13.95. * NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.*