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    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
    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

    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

    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

    Cylindrical Seal

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1000 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2009.9.9
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative, first phase
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    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

    Cylindrical Seal

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–900 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2008.215.28
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cylindrical Seal

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–900 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2008.215.30
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Eccentric Flint with K’awiil, God of Lightning

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

    Chert

    Accession Number: 
    2016.32.1
    Culture: 
    Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mold of a Female Figure

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

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.45.28a-b
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Veracruz, Joachín
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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