Ceramic vessel with handles containing holes for hanging; 729 on underside.
Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
Seated female figure; ashen clay with figures left leg missing.
Gift of Mrs. MacKinley Helm in memory of Dr. MacKinley Helm
Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
Amulet in the form of a snake with a single hole at one end and two at the other creating a face-like image. 36 on reverse of face.
Animal figure, sitting, pig-like face with long tail winding backwards.
Delicately carved awl crowned with a parrot sitting on man's face; inset stone with gold embellishment on forehead.
Circular ceramic container with curved sides and figure on top.
Terracotta stirrup vessel with figure at top; body of vessel is formed into a coiling snake; vessel is highlighted with white.
Red ceramic rattle with broken tip; 5 holes around body.
Stone paint brush dish; incised edges with shallow basin; incised underside.
Jade animal figurine of a coiled snake. 240 on underside, inside coil.
Figurine: cross legged figurine
Terra cotta figurine sitting crossed legged. Figure's right arm is broken; 15 on rear, left side.
Figurine: crossed legged figurine
Terra cotta figurine with crossed legs; arms resting on legs. 3 on underside.
Glass-like flint; somewhat transparent, shiny.
Fragment of Head (eye, nose, mouth, chin, neck)
Grey ceramic rattle with holes at center bulbous part.
Ceramic rattle, bowl shaped with figurine on top; 617 written on tape, underside
Ceramic whistle; three legged figure with incised stomach. Mouthpiece at rear with 392 on foot.
Pre-Columbian animal whistle; made from Ceramic.
Ceramic clay whistle of a bird with outstretched arms.
Ceramic whistle of a dog's face; mouthpiece on underside; hole in back with 678 above it.
Ceramic whistle in the form of a frog; hole on top; mouthpiece at rear; 702 on underside.
Ceramic owl whistle; etched face and neck; hole at center front; 703 taped on reverse; missing owl's right arm.
Central Mexico, Chupiruaro
Anthropromorphic vessle, maganese oxide, not authentic
Gift of the Children of Barbara Bullard Storke
Central Mexico, Tlaltilco
Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Central Mexico, Tlatilco
Figure, generalized Pre-Classic attributes.
Maya, Guatemala? Campeche?
outer rim polychrome, abstracted organic shapes
buff clay, vestiges of paint, blue, orange, white
ruler on throne. Jaina style. 1/2 mold made: front side
Mesoamerica or South America
Arm & Hand (Fragment of Figure)
Mexico or South America?
Mexico or South America
Mexico, Ahuixotla, Teotihuacan
Small ceramic head; figure is wearing headdress and spool earrings.
Puppet Figure with Articulated Arms and Legs
Rattle Figure Standing with Upraised Arms
Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
possibly a bead, cylindrical with hole through center
black terracotta, traces of white and orange pigment