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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Bird-headed warrior (with alternate human head)

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 150–400
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with: traces of Chapopote paint

    Accession Number: 
    1959.55.14a-c
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Central Veracruz
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Male Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 300
    Medium: 

    Greenstone

    Accession Number: 
    1980.13.13
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Mezcala, Guerrero
    Period: 
    Late Formative to Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mask

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–500
    Medium: 

    Calcite (cave onyx)

    Accession Number: 
    1980.13.12
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan Culture
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Kneeling Female Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1400–1521
    Medium: 

    Reddish volcanic stone

    Accession Number: 
    1980.13.22
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Aztec
    Period: 
    Late Postclassic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Female Figurine

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 500–900
    Medium: 

    Ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    1958.14.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Remojadas, Gulf Coast
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Standing Male Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 300
    Medium: 

    Greenstone

    Accession Number: 
    1986.134.3
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Mezcala, Guerrero
    Period: 
    Late Formative to Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    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

    Jaguar head of a GI type deity, probably an inset from a waist or chest assumblage

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    100 B.C.–A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Marble/limestone with possible traces of cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    1989.37.1
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Proto-Maya
    Period: 
    Earyl Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    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

    Standing Priest or Warrior

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

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1973.88.7
    Culture: 
    Mexico, probably Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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