CarolinaDigs
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Found this as a child.I listed it in What is It ?? I thought of it after joining this TN Site. Had it tucked away for years !!
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Found as a child on our farm
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Yarrum
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Can't help with an ID, it is quite cool though 8)
Could be South American maybe ?
Is it stone or fired clay ?
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Could be South American maybe ?
Is it stone or fired clay ?
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CarolinaDigs
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Yarrum said:
I think fired clay ?? Thanks !
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aleman said:Hello Carolinadigs,
I used to live in Central America for many years, and it looks Mayan to me. I'm pretty sure it is. Where is your Farm
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In Wayne County NC , It borders the Little River , here I have found wonderful Indian artifacts , but this one being the most unsual.
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That is very interesting!!!!!!!!!! I am very sure that it is central american. I have seen many of these figures. And the chinese expresion they have is nothing unusual. See the pic! Can you take it to some arqueologist? It would be very interesting to see if he knows anything about how it got there. The Atztecs used to go on long jorneys to purchase and sell different things. Or maybe earlier than the Atztecs,..... In a Mayan City on the west border of Honduras they found artifacts from Theotihuacan (Mexico). aleman
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aleman said:That is very interesting!!!!!!!!!! I am very sure that it is central american. I have seen many of these figures. And the chinese expresion they have is nothing unusual. See the pic! Can you take it to some arqueologist? It would be very interesting to see if he knows anything about how it got there. The Atztecs used to go on long jorneys to purchase and sell different things. Or maybe earlier than the Atztecs,..... In a Mayan City on the west border of Honduras they found artifacts from Theotihuacan (Mexico). aleman
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Thank you, I possibly could have it checked out at out Museum in Raleigh NC. Until discovering this wonderful TN Site , I had given little thought to it until today. Its' Just always been here at home with me.
DJ_Quinn
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That's an extrordinary find. Too bad about the crack, but that can be proffesionaly repaired and then you have a museum piece there.
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take a few high quality photos of it and email to Sotheby's , Chrities, and Doyle galleries in NYC.
They have free online appraisals.
Walt
They have free online appraisals.
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Awesome artifact, congrats
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detectordave
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Isn't that the idol that Greg Brady found and had to return to the cave? Awesome find anyways. HH dave.
Texas Gal
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It's very interesting..would love to know what you find out about it! Great find!
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JT in Virginia
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that's exactly what I was thinking!detectordave said:
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Try Pier 1 Imports...
JK, cool find!
JK, cool find!
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Check out this site. Small idols were used through out South and Central America on aneveryday basis. Rain, good crops, just about everyting.
http://www.saxakali.com/historymam3.htm
http://www.saxakali.com/historymam3.htm
bookfisher
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Just for the heck of it, I would call Sotheby's New York at 212-606-7000 and ask for the Pre-Columbian dept. According to an old catalog I have Stacy Goodman is the expert in charge of that dept. Speak to her about your find and then email her a picture. She'll then get back to you with what she thinks it is and the approximate value (if any). I'm going to go out on a limb, and give you my opinion as to what the item may be. Since it was found in the Carolinas and though it does have age, I think it might be a very old reproduction piece of garden statuary or decorative item from the early 20th century.
