Pre-Columbian stone artifacts from the Stanisław Fischer Museum Collection in Bochnia

Pre-Columbian artifacts are rarely found in Polish museum collections, and when they do appear, their provenance is often uncertain or undocumented. This article presents the results of macroscopic, microscopic, and archaeometric analyses of two stone objects held in the collection of the Stanisław Fischer Museum in Bochnia (Poland): a rock crystal pendant and a sculpture representing a human skull made of semi-nephrite. The study aimed to evaluate their authenticity, raw material characteristics, and possible cultural attribution. Although the precise provenance of the object cannot be fully established, the analyses strongly suggest its authenticity and highlight the significance of incorporating such isolated finds into ongoing discussions about material culture, trade, and craft traditions in the Indigenous Americas. This study contributes new data to the limited corpus of pre-Columbian artifacts documented in Polish institutions.