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Artemis Fine Arts and Arte Primitivo have partnered once again to present their second joint online auction, a curated two-day event kicking off on May 20, 2026, out of Louisville, Colorado. Drawing on the decades of expertise and collector relationships built by both galleries, the sale is divided into two distinct, specialized sessions: Day 1 is dedicated entirely to Pre-Columbian and Native American art, while Day 2 expands into African, Tribal, and ethnographic art, alongside antiquities and fossils. Rare West Mexican Jalisco Pottery Birthing Scene, ex-Lands Beyond Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.

La Tolita Bone Carving Crocodilian Figure, ex-Lands Beyond. Pre-Columbian, South American, coastal Ecuador to southern Colombia, ca. 300 BCE to 400 CE. This elongated bone carving features a stylized anthropomorphic figure with incised geometric and symbolic motifs. The upper register displays a linear, abstract temple-like headdress atop a prominent human face with drilled eyes and defined features. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.

Group of Eleven Chupicuaro & Michoacan Figures. Chupicuaro & Michoacan. Ca. 400 - 100 BCE. Group of eleven solid pottery Chupicuaro and Michoacan standing figures. All wearing necklaces, and most with decorated headbands. Several with some remaining red and white painted highlights. All are intact, exc. cond. Contained in a wooden display frame under glass. Frame: 33" H x 11.75" W. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

Navajo Handspun Wool Transitional Rugs, Group of 3. Native American, Dine (Navajo), American Southwest, ca. 1925 to 1940 CE. Three handwoven wool textiles from the looms of the Dine, gathered out of the high mesa country where the Four Corners hold their geometry against the sky. Each was raised on an upright loom of cottonwood and juniper, the warps tensioned by hand, the wefts beaten home with a hardwood batten of the kind passed through the family across generations. Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500.

Casas Grandes Paquimé Polychrome Fish Effigy Vessel. Pre-Columbian, Chihuahua, northern Mexico, ca. 1200–1450 CE. A Casas Grandes (Paquimé) polychrome pottery vessel. Estimate: $1,400 - $2,000.

Nazca Feathered Hat on Rattan, ex-Eugene Lions. Nazca. Ca. 400 - 1000 CE. Cylindrical hat constructed of rattan staves, tied together; covered on the exterior with orange-red and bluish-green scarlet macaw feathers (Ara Macao). Some remains of ancient cloth lining. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,250.

3 Maya Greenstone Celts, Ritual Prestige, ex-Lands Beyond. Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Maya, c. 300 to 900 CE. A group of three polished greenstone celts representing the prestige lapidary tradition of the ancient Maya. The celt form, a trapezoidal blade ground smooth without hafting, served simultaneously as functional implement, ritual object, and portable index of social standing. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Mississippian Cat Serpent Effigy Bowl (Mythic Water Being). Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. A distinctive Mississippian pottery effigy vessel incorporating the stylized form of a cat serpent, a mythic water being central to Southeastern Native American cosmology. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.

Guerrero Stone Shaman Pectoral - Conical Horn. Guerrero. Ca. 400 BCE. Carved pale grayish-green serpentine large pectoral, probably depicting a shaman’s head, having a tall conical horn on top of his head. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Large Colima Redware Seated Female Figure. Colima. Ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Two-tone redware pottery seated female figure holding her right hand to her cheek and left forearm under her small breasts. Wearing an ankle length skirt. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.