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    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

    Hand ax with human effigy

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Dark green stone with dull finish

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.36
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Jalisco, Sinaloa
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Stingray spine

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

    Spine of a sting ray

    Accession Number: 
    2002.124.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Stylized Human Figure

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

    Micaceous rock, gray

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.17
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Mezcala, Guerrero
    Period: 
    Late Formative to Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Money Axe

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

    Copper

    Accession Number: 
    1958.86.5a
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca or Guerrero
    Period: 
    Early to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Money Axe

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

    Copper

    Accession Number: 
    1958.86.5b
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca or Guerrero
    Period: 
    Early to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Old Fire God-Human Duality hacha

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    250–600
    Medium: 

    Gray basalt

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2009.9.10
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Blade

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 100–1500
    Medium: 

    Obsidian

    Accession Number: 
    1972.91.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico, possibly Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Ceremonial Blade

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–900
    Medium: 

    Obsidian

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.71
    Culture: 
    Mexico, possibly Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period to Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Spindle

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. 1950
    Medium: 

    Wood and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    1958.13.20
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Otomi
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view

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