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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mask with Large Nose

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 250
    Medium: 

    White slipped ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.12.5
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Jalisco
    Period: 
    Protoclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Masks
    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

    Female Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1300–800 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2014.8.117
    Culture: 
    Mexico, La Loma, Tlatilco
    Period: 
    Early Formative to Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Serape

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    1800–1850
    Medium: 

    Wool on cotton warp

    Accession Number: 
    1958.13.21
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Saltillo, Coahuila
    Period: 
    Colonial
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Serape

    Maker: Unknown
    Medium: 

    Woven cotton, silk, and wool

    Accession Number: 
    1958.13.22
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Querétaro
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Male Figure Holding a Shield

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

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.12
    Culture: 
    Mexico, probably Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Panel with Supernatural Feline

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–900
    Medium: 

    Volcanic rock

    Accession Number: 
    1958.15.7
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Tlaxcala, San Rafael Tenanyecac
    Period: 
    Early Classic to Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Plate

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1250–1521
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2017.14.24
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Puebla or Tlaxcala, Nahua
    Period: 
    Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    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

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