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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Xantil (Incense Burner) in the Shape of a Seated Deity

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1250–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with blue, red, white, and purple added

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.19
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca, possibly Teotitlan del Camino
    Period: 
    Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Vessel in the Shape of Cocijo, God of Rain

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–800
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2017.14.20
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Censer with a Perforated Bowl and a Carved Figurine

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.4
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec
    Period: 
    Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Urn of Cocijo

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–600
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1986.134.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Zapotec, Oaxaca
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Jar with Lugs

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 200
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.54
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
    Period: 
    Late Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Incense Burner

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1961.43.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca or Puebla, Mixtec
    Period: 
    Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment of edge of plate, with image of monkey

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 900–1521
    Medium: 

    Burnished reddish ceramic with polychrome paint

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.66
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, or Tlaxcala
    Period: 
    Early Postclassic Period to Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center