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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Seated figurine

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 800–1200
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with added polychrome Mora Polychrome period V-VI (AD 800-1200)

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.74
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Period: 
    Mora Polychrome Period V-Period VI
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Anthropomorphic jade axe-celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 400–700
    Medium: 

    green stone

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.90
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Jadite pendant in the shape of a human reworked from a Celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 400–700
    Medium: 

    Jadite

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.31
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Period: 
    Period IV
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Jadite pendant in the shape of a human, reworked from a Celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 400–700
    Medium: 

    Jadite

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.33
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Period: 
    Period IV
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Jadite pendant in the shape of a human, reworked from a Celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–800
    Medium: 

    Jadite

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.28
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya
    Period: 
    Period IV-V
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Human figurine

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–1100
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with added pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.102
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Period: 
    Mora Polychrome Period V–Period VI
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Small vessel in shape of a bird

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 500
    Medium: 

    Ceramic
    Marbella Incised

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.78
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Vessel in form of a Toucan

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 500
    Medium: 

    Ceramic
    Marbella incised

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.79
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Vessel in shape of a bird

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.80
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya, Guanacaste
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Peccary shaped ocarina

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–1100
    Medium: 

    Ceramic
    Gallo Polychrome (?) Period V, AD500-800.

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.85
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Nicoya
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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