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--> REDUCED 33% - MINT HOHOKAM DOUBLE SNAKE PALLET 6.25\" x 2.9\" - ANASAZI:
$3195.00
roncipolla Store PLEASE NOTE THE FOURTH IMAGE IS HIGH RESOLUTION AND CAN BE BLOWN UP TO SHOW THE SMALLEST DETAILS.Offered here is a beautiful stone pallet, in pristine condition, bearing two perfectly carved rattle snake effigies at the end. It is Hohokam Santa Cruz Phase c. 850 - 950AD made from dark gray micaceous schist. The pallet has square corners and a centerline inscribed border with small notches around the edge. The side is smooth except for a medial line drawn around the circumference. The back is carefully worked and smooth. At one end are two very detailed coiled rattlesnake effigies measuring 1.0\" x 1.23\" each with well defined eyes, forked tongue and rattle. It measures 6.25\" x 2.9\" x.4\" and weighs 10.1 ounces.Virtually all Hohokam pallets that have been recovered have been subjected to fire and therefore have turned a much lighter gray color. Dark, unburned examples like the one offered here encompass maybe 2% of surviving examples.Surviving completely undamaged examples are very rare and generally not present in most museum collections. The fifth image is a page from the book Excavations At Snaketown, Material Culture, 1965 which shows the general broken condition common to these pallets. Snaketown is a major Hohokam complex of the same period (now a National Monument) about 10 miles further west on the Gila River adjacent to Phoenix Arizona.It should be noted that though these are commonly called \"slate\" they are actually schist. This piece was found on a private ranch in 1933 - 1935 by Leslie Vance who lived in the area of Queen Creek, east of Phoenix. The pallet was part of Vance\'s personal collection that was passed down to family members in 1986. I purchased that collection intact in late June 2014. This is the first time that this piece has ever been offered for private sale.A copy of the original Vance certificate as well as a certificate from me will accompany the purchase. For details concerning Treasures of Our Past you can visit our website at 3 w dot trocadero dot com slash roncipolla.This is another of many Hohokam stone and ceramic pieces from an old and original Arizona collection to be listed here on over the next week. None of the items have ever been available to the collecting market. Items will include schist pallets of different conditions, stone effigies, mortars of all kinds, stone tools, ceramics and some shell ranging from a $100 to in excess of $4,000 read the following before you consider buying any collectable:\"The best only get better with time!\" and \"The best always cost more.\"Some collectors and even dealers have asked me why some of my prices are higher than that of other sellers on or that of other dealers. The answer is quite simple \"the best examples of any collectable, regardless of what it might be, always cost more because they are very hard to find.\" What does \"the best\" mean? Simply it is only those items that have visual excellence, are in original condition, with very little or no damage and without virtually any restoration - they usually comprise the top 5% of the known population of the collectable. Why is so important to only buy the best that you can? Because when it comes time to sell, whether it be ourselves or our heirs, the only items that are in demand and always sell for very good prices are those considered to be the best in their class, that top 5%. Yes, lesser pieces can be sold but it is virtually always for less than one originally paid for the item, even 20 years later. Just because something looks good and costs less does not make it \"good.\" A \"bargain\" is simply defined as something acquired for a favorable price where the buyers knowledge exceeds that of the seller. It is not a bargain because it is cheap!Buying collectables has four requirements for success; knowledge, experience, discipline and money. An experienced and respected dealer can help the collector with the first three requirements - knowledge, experience and discipline. In the beginning the collector has to focus on the discipline first and study like hell and, with time, will develop the experience. The definition of a good dealer is simply someone that brings knowledge and experience to the table and will, within reason, virtually always buy the item he sold back from you.
--> REDUCED 33% - MINT HOHOKAM DOUBLE SNAKE PALLET 6.25\" x 2.9\" - ANASAZI:
$3195.00