5 Fine Colima Pottery & Stone Ear Spools

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 5 ear spools - 4 handmade from pottery and 1 hand-carved from stone - all ring-like in form. The pottery earspools are each formed from a slender strip of clay. The largest is a red pottery earspool with raised peripheries and a slightly convex interior. Next is a pink-hued pottery earspool with a corseted body and a ridged periphery on one end. The last 2 pottery ear adornments are both black with flared edges. Boasting mottled hues of cream, rosy grey, peach, and pale pink, the stone example is thicker than the others and displays one flared face with a wavy periphery. The face is incised with a single ring of petite annular indentations, some still bearing remnants of mica. Please note that Lucite stand is for photography purposes only. Size (of largest): 2.1" in diameter x 0.6" W (5.3 cm x 1.5 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Condition Report: Some nicks and abrasions to all. Losses to mica inlays on stone earspool. Otherwise, all are nice with rich earthen deposits throughout.