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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cylinder Vase

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

    Gray ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2018.12.17
    Culture: 
    Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fluted tecomate

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

    Gray slipped ceramic

    Accession Number: 
    2015.2.10
    Culture: 
    Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Male Figure with a Wig, Collar, and Scepter

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–300 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Dark brown stone

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.8
    Culture: 
    Mexico, possibly Veracruz, Arroyo Pesquero, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Lidded Vessel in the Shape of a Squash

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–900 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Onyx or marble

    Accession Number: 
    2016.61.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Mexico, probably Puebla, Las Bocas, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Stone
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Seated Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–900 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2016.61.2
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Guerrero (Upper Balsas Region) or Morelos, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Bowl with a Dragon’s Head in Profile

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1500–1300 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Ceramic with traces of cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.9
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Puebla, Las Bocas, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early Formative, Ayotla phase
    Classification: 
    Containers - Ceramics
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Celt

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Greenstone

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.16
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Ritual Objects
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Seated Jaguar

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Basalt

    Accession Number: 
    2020.27.22
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Lizard

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Greenstone with traces of cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    2020.27.23
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Olmec
    Period: 
    Middle Formative
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Miniature Mask

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Stone

    Accession Number: 
    2019.10.1
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Gulf Coast, Olmec
    Period: 
    Early to Middle Formative
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    On view

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