Caroline Tarbell Tupper Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
Figure, generalized Pre-Classic attributes.
Gift of the Children of Barbara Bullard Storke
densely mottled green to light grey stone
Incoming Loan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
West Mexico, Nayarit, Colima
Gift of Mrs. MacKinley Helm in memory of Dr. MacKinley Helm
Ceramic vessel with the form of a female torso.
West Mexico, Colima, Jalisco
Ceramic statue of a squatting female with hands propped at waist.
Mexico, Guanajuato, Chupicuaro
Ceramic female figurine with slat eyes and wearing earspools and protruding stomach indicates pregnancy. 361 on reverse of right leg.
Ceramic female figurine with slat eyes; figure is wearing white necklace.360 on reverse leg.
Ceramic female figurine with red earspools and ample breasts. 359 written on leg reverse.
Female figurine wearing large hat with ball
Ceramic female figurine with white slip extended head wearing earspools. 612 on reverse of figure.
Ceramic female figurine with white slip; protruding stomach indicating pregnancy; arms placed at chest forming ciruclar motions on each side. 610 on reverse leg.
Cermaic female figure detailed with a necklace and armbands
Mexico; Central Veracruz, Remojades area
high headdress, thick nose, small breasts, short arms (broken?)
SE Mexico, Totonaca people
Facial amulet of an elderly man (god) with wrinkles and single tooth. 507 on back edge of face.
West Mexico, Costa Grande, Guerrero
Erotic Colima "Gingerbread" Figure of a Man
Eagle/condor with flattened wide straight tail; outspread curved wings trimmed w/scrollwork on bottom edge; bent legs w/talons projecting outward; long tapering beak and large projecting round eyes. Two suspension loops on reverse.
Ceramic drinking vessel in the shape of a dog looking upwards.
Ceramic drinking vessel in the shape of a dog detailed with an open mouth.
Ceramic flute is slipped and burnished and includes double slot mouthpieces with raised holes; 4 fingers holes in each part
Ceramic hollow effigy vessel of a standing dog.
Ceramic drinking vessel in the shape of a dog detailed with carved teeth.
gray stone cylinder, off center hole, decorations incised
Crouching Figure with Bowl Head
copper blade, in two pieces, badly corroded
Circular ceramic container with curved sides and figure on top.
Colima "Gingerbread" Unglazed Clay Figure of a Man
Chimu Blackware in form of Gourd
Small ceramic head; figure is wearing headdress and spool earrings.
Stone paint brush dish; incised edges with shallow basin; incised underside.
Smallish bowl with flower-like decoration
Maya, Guatemala? Campeche?
outer rim polychrome, abstracted organic shapes
Bowl with ploychrome slip detailed into exterior geometric design.
Mexico, Teotihuacan, Veracruz
rectangular with rounded edges, two paralell grooves around sides, drilled hole at each end, incised figure on bottom
orange, incised geometiric motif of large paralell zig-zags front to back
brown with relief pattern within inverted U-shape (snake?) repeated four times
West Mexico, Jalisco, Chapala
Ceramic vessel with wing like handles containig holes for hanging; 730 on underside.
Ceramic vessel with handles containing holes for hanging; 729 on underside.
Black ceramic whistle, cone-like mouthpiece extending into a circular form, etched with holes; 496 taped on reverse.
Blackware tripod pot with multiple human faces, hands and arms added to globular body.
brown clay with traces of black chapopote paint
Mexico, Ahuixotla, Teotihuacan
besote, tapered, wide end is flat disc with a round protrusion. outside is inceised with vertical lines, looks like a rifle cartridge
clay besote, brown clay with fired gray/ black; flat side has round design with incised nicks and dots
bronze axe with some patina, thicker in center than at ends, one edge flat, the other rounded
Delicately carved awl crowned with a parrot sitting on man's face; inset stone with gold embellishment on forehead.