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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Metate in the Form of a Jaguar

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 800–1521
    Medium: 

    Basalt

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.60
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guapiles
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Incense burner

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.140
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    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

    Broken ocarina

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2009.200.76a-f
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Figure of a Standing Man

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1250
    Medium: 

    Volcanic rock

    Accession Number: 
    1959.55.11
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Guapiles
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Vessel and Lid with Fantastic Reptile

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1959.55.10a-b
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Period VI
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cigar Smoker

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 1000
    Medium: 

    Stone (porphyritic basalt)

    Accession Number: 
    1984.118.1
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Period V
    Period: 
    11th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pendant with Bird-Headed Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 800–1500
    Medium: 

    Gold

    Accession Number: 
    1998.23.16
    Culture: 
    Costa Rica, Diquis region
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    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

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