Mexico, Olmec
description: Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 250 CE
description: terra cotta
description: 3 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Olmec
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 250 CE

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 800 CE
description: buff clay
description: 7 x 6 1/4 inches
description: "cara sonriente", smiling face
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 200 - 800 CE

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: orange ware
description: 1 5/8 x 3/4 inches
description: possibly a bead, cylindrical with hole through center
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: stone
description: 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 inches
description: hole in back top
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: stone, dark gray
description: 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches
description: hole at back of head
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: green stone
description: 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 inches
description: hole in back of top
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Veracruz, Upper Remojadas
description: Head
description: ca. 150 - 300 CE
description: Ceramic
description: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 2"OVERALL
description: Ceramic head with opened mouth.
creator: Mexico, Veracruz, Upper Remojadas
source: Gift of Mrs. MacKinley Helm in memory of Dr. MacKinley Helm
date: ca. 150 - 300 CE

Mexico or South America
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 3/4" x 1 3/8"
creator: Mexico or South America
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico, Maya?
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4"
creator: Mexico, Maya?
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico, Maya?
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/4" x 3/8" x 3/4"
creator: Mexico, Maya?
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico
description: Head
description: clay
description: 3 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.
description: flat in back, eyes deeply gouged, large lips with traces of red, a fragment
creator: Mexico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: light golden brown clay with darker spots
description: 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: light golden brown clay
description: 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: clay
description: 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: mottled light brown & white clay
description: 3 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 1 9/16 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: grey clay
description: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/18 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: orangish, light brown clay
description: 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: brown clay
description: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: redish brown clay
description: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff clay with traces of yellow and white pigment
description: 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: light brown clay
description: 1 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: tan clay
description: 1 3/4 x 1 x 7/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: light brown clay
description: 2 x 2 1/8 x 5/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: grey clay
description: 1 1/4 x 1 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: grey, buff colored clay
description: 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: brown clay
description: 1 1/8 x 3/4 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: reddish buff clay
description: 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: dark buff colored clay
description: 1 x 15/16 x 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay
description: 1 x 1 x 1 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay
description: 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay, white mottling
description: 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay, traces of pigment
description: 1 1/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay
description: 3/4 x 1 x 5/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: buff colored clay
description: 2 7/8 x 3 x 1 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1" x 1 1/4" x 1"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/4" x 1" x 3/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1"x 1 1/4" x 1/2"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Head
description: terracotta
description: 1 1/8" x 1 1/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Goddess of Fertility
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: terracotta with black glaze
description: 2 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 inches
description: Mayan, Mexican, or Central American
creator: Mexico, Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Ahuixotla
description: God Xipe-Toltec
description: ca. 250-900 CE
description: terracotta
description: 2 1/8" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
creator: Mexico, Ahuixotla
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: ca. 250-900 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Glass container with ear of corn and popped corn
description: ca. 1500 BC - 1519 AD
description: glass and popcorn
description: 6 x 4 1/16 x 2 1/8 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Gift of Dr. Stephen S. Goodspeed and Mrs. John Goodspeed Ainsworth
date: ca. 1500 BC - 1519 AD

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Fragment of Orangeware Bowl
description: ca. 250 - 900 CE
description: Ceramic
description: 9/16 x 2 1/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 250 - 900 CE

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Fragment of Head (eye, nose, mouth, chin, neck)
description: terracotta
description: 2 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/4"
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Fragment of Head
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: terracotta
description: 3 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
description: Mexican, Central or South American
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Fragment of a "Hacha" Form of Man's Head
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: basalt
description: 5" H. 6 1/2" W.
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Flint
description: 2 3/4 x 1 1/4" OVERALL
description: Matt-like colored flint.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Flint
description: 3 x 1 1/4" OVERALL
description: Glass-like flint; somewhat transparent, shiny.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Olmec
description: Figurine: monkey
description: 1500-400 BCE
description: Stone
description: 2 x 1 x 1 3/8" OVERALL
description: Loosely shaped figurine of a hunched over monkey; 211 on tape, underside.
creator: Mexico, Olmec
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 1500-400 BCE

West Mexico, Jalisco, Chapala
description: Figurine: large eyed
description: 300 BCE-400 CE
description: Ceramic
description: 2 X 1 1/2 X 2 1/4" OVERALL
description: Crudely completed ceramic figurine with large eyes. 738 on underside.
creator: West Mexico, Jalisco, Chapala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 300 BCE-400 CE

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Figurine: crossed legged figurine
description: Terra cotta
description: 1 1/2 x 1 x 7/8"
description: Terra cotta figurine with crossed legs; arms resting on legs. 3 on underside.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Figurine: cross legged figurine
description: Terra Cotta
description: 1 1/2 x 1 x 7/8"
description: Terra cotta figurine sitting crossed legged. Figure's right arm is broken; 15 on rear, left side.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Figurine: coiled snake
description: Jade
description: 1 1/2 h. x 1 3/4" dia. OVERALL
description: Jade animal figurine of a coiled snake. 240 on underside, inside coil.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Figurine Head
description: ca. 250 - 900 CE
description: orange clay, traces of black pigment
description: 4 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 250 - 900 CE

Mexico, Tlatilco
description: Figurine
description: ca. 900 - 500 BCE
description: clay, terracotta
description: 4 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 inches
description: Pre-Classic
creator: Mexico, Tlatilco
date: ca. 900 - 500 BCE

Costa Rica
description: Figurine
description: ca. 4th - 8th C.
description: bone
description: 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 7/16 inches
creator: Costa Rica
date: ca. 4th - 8th C.

Costa Rica
description: Figurine
description: ca. 4th - 8th C.
description: bone
description: 1 3/4 x 3/4 x 5/8 inches
creator: Costa Rica
date: ca. 4th - 8th C.

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figurine
description: ca. 1500 BC - 1519 CE
description: terracotta with pigment
description: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 inches
description: standing figure with headdress
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BC - 1519 CE

Costa Rica
description: Figurine
description: ca. 4th - 8th C.
description: bone
description: 1 3/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 inches
creator: Costa Rica
date: ca. 4th - 8th C.

Costa Rica
description: Figurine
description: ca. 4th - 8th C.
description: bone
description: 2 x 1 x 5/8 inches
creator: Costa Rica
date: ca. 4th - 8th C.

Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure: hunchback
description: 700 BCE-650 CE
description: Stone
description: 4 x 2 x 2 1/8" OVERALL
description: Stone hunchback figure in heavey green stone.
creator: Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700 BCE-650 CE

Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure, flat
description: 700 BCE-650 CE
description: Stone
description: 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 3/4" OVERALL
description: Flattened stone figure with holes at back of neck; figure was probably used as a hanging talisman or amulet.
creator: Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700 BCE-650 CE

Ancient Mesoamerican
description: Figure with Headdress
description: n.d.
description: terra cotta
description: 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in.
creator: Ancient Mesoamerican
source: Robert B. Stacy-Judd
date: n.d.

Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure with handle
description: 700 BCE-650 CE
description: Stone
description: 3 3/4 X 1 3/4 X 1 7/8" OVERALL
description: Stone reclining figure with handle at back; possibly used as an utilitarian object.
creator: Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700 BCE-650 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure Pendant
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: stone
description: 1 5/8 x 13/16 x 5/8 inches
description: drill hole in back of head
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure Pectoral
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: mottled green, polished stone
description: 1 13/16 x 13/16 x 5/16 inches
description: hole in head
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

West Mexico, Colima
description: Figure of Standing Whistle Dog
description: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
description: red clay
description: 1 1/2 x 1 x 7/8 inches
creator: West Mexico, Colima
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure of Standing Man
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: light brown clay
description: 2 7/8 x 1 x 5/8 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure entwined with jaguar
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: limestone with extensive polychrome
description: 31 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

West Mexico, Nayarit
description: Figure
description: clay
description: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
description: seated figure with large triangualr nose, reddish blackish
creator: West Mexico, Nayarit
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 300 BCE-300 CE

West Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
description: hard stone light & dark green with white (type M-4 diorite?)
description: 3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches
creator: West Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE

West Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
description: green diorite, Type M-2
description: 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
creator: West Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE

Mexico, Taltico
description: Figure
description: clay, black and red pigment
description: 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.
description: face has pronounced features, large eyes and nose, red mouth, ears and navel, headdress; face upper body and leg are dark black
creator: Mexico, Taltico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: 700-200 BCE
description: Diorite
description: 4 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8" OVERALL
description: Although little is known about the Mezcala culture, many scholars believe it formed an important cultural bridge between earlier Pre-Columbian societies and later ones who traded Mezcala objects and incorporated aspects of their aesthetics. Most Mezcala figurines are notable for their striking abstract appearance, a result of their spare, geometric representations of the human body. Such artifacts are important teaching tools used by UCSB professors in departments as varied as Anthropology, History of Art and Architecture, and History. Used in concert with the balance of the Museums Pre-Columbian holdings, which number over 800 objects, they help demonstrate how and why certain cultures developed. Number 488 and diorite M4 on reverse.
creator: SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700-200 BCE

SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: 700-200 BCE
description: Stone
description: 6 7/8 X 3 1/4 X 3/4" OVERALL
description: Although little is known about the Mezcala culture, many scholars believe it formed an important cultural bridge between earlier Pre-Columbian societies and later ones who traded Mezcala objects and incorporated aspects of their aesthetics. Most Mezcala figurines are notable for their striking abstract appearance, a result of their spare, geometric representations of the human body. Such artifacts are important teaching tools used by UCSB professors in departments as varied as Anthropology, History of Art and Architecture, and History. Used in concert with the balance of the Museums Pre-Columbian holdings, which number over 800 objects, they help demonstrate how and why certain cultures developed. Flat back with 350 at center and on lower leg.
creator: SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700-200 BCE

SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: 700-200 BCE
description: Stone
description: 9 X 3 5/8 X 2" OVERALL
description: Although little is known about the Mezcala culture, many scholars believe it formed an important cultural bridge between earlier Pre-Columbian societies and later ones who traded Mezcala objects and incorporated aspects of their aesthetics. Most Mezcala figurines are notable for their striking abstract appearance, a result of their spare, geometric representations of the human body. Such artifacts are important teaching tools used by UCSB professors in departments as varied as Anthropology, History of Art and Architecture, and History. Used in concert with the balance of the Museums Pre-Columbian holdings, which number over 800 objects, they help demonstrate how and why certain cultures developed. Number 342 on leg, reverse.
creator: SW Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 700-200 BCE

Mexico, Mezcala
description: Figure
description: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
description: light green mottled stone
description: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
creator: Mexico, Mezcala
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE

South America?
description: Figure
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: carved stone
description: 3 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 inches
creator: South America?
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Michoacan
description: Figure
description: terra cotta
description: 4 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 inches
description: standing female
creator: Mexico, Michoacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Michoacan
description: Figure
description: terra cotta
description: 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 inches
description: standing female
creator: Mexico, Michoacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Michoacan
description: Figure
description: terra cotta
description: 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Michoacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Michoacan
description: Figure
description: terra cotta
description: head:1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 torso:3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 piece:1/4
description: in three fragments
creator: Mexico, Michoacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Michoacan
description: Figure
description: terra cotta
description: 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Michoacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: stone
description: 2 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: stone
description: 3 1/8 x 1 13/16 x 5/8 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
source: Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
description: Figure
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: carved stone
description: 6 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Vera Cruz, Remoyades
description: Figure
description: clay
description: 5 x 4 in.
description: Figure, headdress, prominent nose, outstreatched arms.
creator: Mexico, Vera Cruz, Remoyades
source: Gift of the Children of Barbara Bullard Storke
date: n.d.

Mexico, Valley of Mexico
description: Figure
description: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE
description: red, volcanic stone
description: 2 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Valley of Mexico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 1500 BCE - 1519 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Figure
description: clay
description: 6 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico, Chipicuaro
description: Figure
description: 300-500 CE
description: 3 x 1 x 5/16 in.
description: ornate headdress, prominent breasts, pinched mouth, sharp nose, holes in ears
creator: Mexico, Chipicuaro
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 300-500 CE

Mexico, Chipicuaro
description: Figure
description: 300-500 CE
description: clay, red pigment
description: 2 3/4 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.
description: tall headdress, hand at mouth, hole for navel
creator: Mexico, Chipicuaro
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 300-500 CE

Mexico, Chipicuaro
description: Figure
description: 300-500 CE
description: clay, red and black pigment
description: 3 1/2 x 1 x 1/2 in.
description: face elongated with pointed nose, slanted eyes, ornate headdress
creator: Mexico, Chipicuaro
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 300-500 CE

Mexico, Chipicuaro
description: Figure
description: 300 - 500 CE
description: clay, red and white pigment
description: 2 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 7/16 in.
description: high ornate headdress, slanted eyes and sharp nose
creator: Mexico, Chipicuaro
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 300 - 500 CE

Mexico
description: Figure
description: stone
description: 3 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.
description: anthropomorphic, dark green
creator: Mexico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico
description: Figure
description: stone
description: 3 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.
description: abstracted with gouged eyes and mouth, holes in ears, drilled holes under arms
creator: Mexico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: n.d.

Mexico
description: Figure
description: 500 BCE - 300 CE
description: brown clay, black white and red pigment
description: 3 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.
description: figure with slant eyes, long nose, applied eyebrows and nipples, necklace and bracelets
creator: Mexico
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: 500 BCE - 300 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Figure
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: terra cotta
description: 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE

Mexico, Teotihuacan
description: Figure
description: ca. 200 - 700 CE
description: terra cotta
description: 2 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 5/8 inches
creator: Mexico, Teotihuacan
source: Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
date: ca. 200 - 700 CE