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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Lidded Vessel with Peccaries, Bird, and Fish

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–400
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2001.82.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    On view
    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

    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

    Ear Ornament

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 50–600
    Medium: 

    Carved and incised conch shell with cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    1991.45.1
    Culture: 
    Guatemala, El Petén, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Male Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Jadeite with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2002.15.4
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pyriform Vase

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 900–1200
    Medium: 

    Incised ceramic with pigment, Tohil Plumbate

    Accession Number: 
    1958.86.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pendant in the Shape of a Ruler or Lord

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A..D. 200–600
    Medium: 

    Jadeite

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.6
    Culture: 
    Guatemala or Mexico, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Head, originally from a Figure, reused as a Pendant

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Greenstone (probably jadeite) with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1986.134.10
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    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

    Bowl with Two Images of a Quadrapartite Monster

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 550–650
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1986.134.8
    Culture: 
    Guatemala, Maya, Chama style
    Period: 
    Early Classic to Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    On view

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