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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mask with Large Nose

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 250
    Medium: 

    White slipped ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.12.5
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Jalisco
    Period: 
    Protoclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cylindrical tripod vessel

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–650
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.41
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Teotihuacan Culture
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Carved bone Awl with the head of a deity

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–800
    Medium: 

    Bone (probably jaguar ulna) with traces of cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    2002.124.1
    Culture: 
    Guatemala or Mexico, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Head representing Xipe Totec

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1961.43.6a-b
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Zempoala
    Period: 
    Early Postclassic Period to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Face mask

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 200
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.11
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Colima
    Period: 
    Protoclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Small pendant mask

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–650
    Medium: 

    Stone (pinkish stone mottled with green and black)

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.12
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Gulf Coast ?, Teotihuacan Culture
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pair of lidded figural vessels

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2008.215.44.1
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Xochipala
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Vessel in the Shape of a Human Head with an Eagle Headdress

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.1
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pair of lidded figural vessels

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2008.215.44.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Xochipala
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Bird head

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 900–1521
    Medium: 

    Dark green and brownish jasper

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.61a
    Culture: 
    Mexico, possibly Aztec
    Period: 
    Early Postclassic Period to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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