Wide-bodied container in red ceramic; soft formed rides encircling the surface.
Ceramic head with red slip; head is shipped into an animal form.
Gift of Mrs. MacKinley Helm in memory of Dr. MacKinley Helm
Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
Gift of Dr. Stephen S. Goodspeed and Mrs. John Goodspeed Ainsworth
Grey ceramic whistle of a turtle with outstretched arms.
Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
Ceramic owl whistle; etched face and neck; hole at center front; 703 taped on reverse; missing owl's right arm.
Ceramic whistle of an elderly Olmec god; figure has an extended jaw line and single large ear spool; mouthpiece on rear with 491.
Mexico, Gulf Coast, Vera Cruz
Whistle: Male Figure with Simian Features
Whistle in form of male figure with Simian features, seated male figure with shield.
Gift of the Children of Barbara Bullard Storke
Ceramic whistle in the form of a frog; hole on top; mouthpiece at rear; 702 on underside.
Ceramic whistle of a dog's face; mouthpiece on underside; hole in back with 678 above it.
Ceramic clay whistle of a bird with outstretched arms.
Mexico, Costa Grande, San Luis de la Loma
Grey ceramic whistle in the form of a bird; outspread wings and head stretched upward.
Mexico, Colima
Pre-Columbian animal whistle; made from Ceramic.
Ceramic whistle; three legged figure with incised stomach. Mouthpiece at rear with 392 on foot.
clay pipe, fish scales or eel scales carved on stem
unusual dark grey clay, blue, orange traces of pigment
Whistle in form of Standing Figure
terracotta, traces of white and red pigment
brown clay with traces of black chapopote paint
buff clay, vestiges of paint, blue, orange, white
ruler on throne. Jaina style. 1/2 mold made: front side
zoomorphic figure with gouged slant eyes and mouth
Mexico, Costa Grande, Guerrero
Stone weight for casting nets. Ovoid shaped with grooves running lenghtwise to pointed end.
Miniature tripod vessel with face, remnants of blue paint on face.
Ceramic vessel of a tripod dome with an animal handle.
Heavy stone hand held tool with animal-like head with eyes and ears.
Mexico, Jalisco, Chapala
Ceramic vessel with three prongs and segregated edge. 736 on underside.
South Mexico, Ahuixotla, Huethueteotl
South Mexico, Ahuixotla
Flattened stone; carved temple on front side with figure standing at top of stairs between pillars; given its reduced size, temple was used for either symbolic purposes or utilitarian functions.
Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
Small vertical stone temple-like object; opening at center with raised and incised bands at top and bottom.
Gift of Bernadette Miller in Memory of Herbert S. Miller
Mexico, San Luis De La Loma, Costa Grande, Guerrero
stone weights, pegged shape with notches
cloudy white translucent stone, high center tapers to ends
.1) honey color with white flecks; .2) white with blue flecks, multifaceted
W. Mexico, Costa Grande?
West Mexico, Mezcala/Guerrero
pectoral? two holes through back of neck
depression in bottom characteristic of Chinesca style, stirrup spout with human head
West Mexico, Guerrero, Placeres del Oro
mottled light & dark gray serpentine
Mottled stone figure with hands clasp in front.
Standing Figure with Protruding Stomach
Standing Figure with Domed Forehead
Standing figure with arms at side
Slate standing figure; carved demarcations for neck, arms and legs.
standing figure with holes under the arms