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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Monkey Effigy Jar

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 900–1519
    Medium: 

    Tecali stone or alabaster (translucent white stone)

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.5
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Aztec or Nahua, Veracruz
    Period: 
    Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Stone
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Small bowl with band of relief designs

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–900
    Medium: 

    Burnished ceramic with molded design

    Accession Number: 
    2008.215.43
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Bowl with Goggled Warriors and Glyphs

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–900
    Medium: 

    Mold-pressed ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1958.15.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Gulf Coast, probably Veracruz
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Head vessel

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 450–650
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2016.145.21a-b
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Bowl with Seated Figures

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–900
    Medium: 

    Mold-made ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.45.22
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz, Rio Blanco-Papaloapan
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center