Lot of 2 Manteno Pottery Cylinder Seals

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno culture, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A fine set of two hand-carved cylindrical pottery roller seals with tall bodies and flat faces, the taller seal exhibiting a solid body, and the second seal with a suspension hole bored lengthwise through the body. The first cylinder seal depicts a repeating register of minimalist human figures standing side by side both above and below a segmented horizontal band. The taller cylinder seal has a solid body that is incised with an abstract curvilinear motif bisected with a mirrored stepped form. Size of largest (solid body): 2.75" L x 1.2" W (7 cm x 3 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hard collection, San Diego, California, USA

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#108905 Dimensions: Condition Report: Both items have minor abrasions to bodies and ends, with light encrustations within incised details and recessed areas, and minor softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits throughout.