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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

    Skirt cloth

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Cotton

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4598
    Culture: 
    Guatemala
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    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

    Conch shell with incised designs

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 250–900
    Medium: 

    Conch shell

    Accession Number: 
    2010.228.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic to Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Tzute or head cloth, plain cloth, brocaded

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    19th Century
    Accession Number: 
    1950.95
    Culture: 
    Guatemala
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Scarf with ikat stripes

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Cotton with ikat dye technique, twill with weft ikat stripes

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4602
    Culture: 
    Guatemala
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Material for shirt

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Dyed and woven cotton, plain cloth brocaded

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4603
    Culture: 
    Guatemala or Honduras, probably Copan
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Scarf of head cloth, plain cloth, brocaded

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Dyed and woven cotton

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4595
    Culture: 
    Guatemala
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Shirt or huipil, plain cloth, brocaded

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Dyed and woven cotton

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4596
    Culture: 
    Guatemala, possibly Panajachel
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Huipil

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Dyed and woven cotton and wool, brocaded and embroidered

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4600
    Culture: 
    Guatemala, Chichicastenango
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view

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