Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Arts of the Ancient Americas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
30 documented works
Olmec artist(s)
Face
900–400 BCE
Jadeite
H. 5 3/4 × W. 5 1/2 × D. 3 in. (14.6 × 14 × 7.6 cm)
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Las Bocas artist(s)
Seated hollow figure with helmet
1200–800 BCE
Ceramic, cinnabar, red ochre
H. 13 3/8 x W. 12 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (34 x 31.8 x 14.6 cm)
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Maya artist(s)
Whistling vessel
400–500 CE
Ceramic
H. 11 7/8 x W. 7 3/4 x D. 5 1/4 in. (30.2 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm)
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Maya artist(s)
Mirror-bearer
410–650 CE
Cordia wood (bocote), red hematite
H. 14 1/8 x W. 9 x D. 9 in. (35.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
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Metropolitan Painter
Vessel with mythological scene
600–800 CE
Ceramic, slip
H. 5 1/2 × W. 4 × D. 4 3/16 × Diam. 4 1/2 in. (14 × 10.2 × 10.6 × 11.4 cm)
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Chakalte'
Relief with enthroned ruler
770 CE
Limestone, paint
H. 35 x W. 34 1/2 x D. 2 3/4 in. (88.9 x 87.6 x 7 cm)
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Teotihuacan artist(s)
Standing figure
350–600 CE
Green schist
H.16 1/8 x W. 8 1/8 x D. 6 1/8 in. (41 x 20.6 x 15.5 cm)
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Classic Veracruz artist(s)
Disk
600–900 CE
Slate, cinnabar
H. 6 × Diam. 6 x D. 6 in. (15.2 × 1.3 × 15.2 cm)
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Classic Veracruz artist(s)
Palma with figure
800–1100 CE
Stone, pigment
H. 18 7/8 x W. 7 x D. 4 3/4 in. (47.9 x 17.8 x 12.1 cm)
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Nayarit artist(s)
House model
200 BCE–300 CE
Ceramic, slip
H. 12 × W. 10 × D. 6 3/4 in. (30.5 × 25.4 × 17.1 cm)
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Colima artist(s)
Female effigy vessel
1200–1500 CE
Ceramic, slip
H. 9 5/8 × W. 8 1/4 × D. 11 1/2 in. (24.4 × 21 × 29.2 cm)
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Colima artist(s)
Male effigy vessel
1200–1500 CE
Ceramic
H. 9 3/8 x W. 8 1/4 in. (23.8 x 21 cm)
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Tolita-Tumaco artist(s)
Seated elder
200 BCE–300 CE
Ceramic
H. 25 in. × W. 14 1/2 in. × D. 18 3/4 in. (63.5 × 36.8 × 47.6 cm)
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Tolita-Tumaco artist(s)
Standing figure
500 BCE–300 CE
Gold
H. 9 × W. 7 1/4 × D. 3 3/4 in. (22.9 × 18.4 × 9.5 cm)
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Quimbaya artist(s)
Poporo (lime container) with female figures
1–600 CE
Gold
H. 9 × W. 5 1/4 × D. 2 in. (22.9 × 13.3 × 5.1 cm)
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Central Region artist(s)
Bird pendant
300–700 CE
Jadeite
H. 2 5/8 x W. 3/4 x D. 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 1.9 x 4.7 cm)
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Chiriquí artist(s)
Frog pendant
700–1550 CE
Gold
H. 4 1/8 × W. 4 × D. 1 in. (10.5 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)
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Taíno artist(s)
Zemí cohoba stand
ca. 1000 CE
Guaiacum wood, shell
H. 27 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 1/8 in. (68.5 x 21.9 x 23.2cm)
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Moche artist(s)
Shirt
500–850 CE
Camelid hair, cotton
H. 34 1/4 x W. 58 in. (87 x 147.3 cm)
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Wari artist(s)
Feathered panel
650–1000 CE
Feathers, cotton, camelid fiber
H. 29 × W. 83 7/8 in. (73.66 × 213.04 cm)
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Tiwanaku artist(s)
Snuff tray
500–1000 CE
Wood, fiber, copper alloy
H. 5 3/8 × W. 2 × D. 3/4 in. (13.7 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm)
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Wari artist(s)
Bottle in the shape of a feline
600–900 CE
Ceramic, slip
H. 8 × W. 2 3/4 × D. 4 1/2 in. (20.3 × 7 × 11.4 cm)
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Cupisnique artist(s)
Bottle with caiman
1000–800 BCE
Ceramic, post-fire paint (cinnabar)
H. 12 3/4 × W. 8 1/16 × D. 5 3/8 in. (32.4 × 20.5 × 13.7 cm)
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Moche artist(s)
Stirrup-spout bottle with seated figure
200 CE–500 CE
Ceramic
H. 6 3/8 × W. 4 1/2 × D. 6 1/2 in. (16.2 × 11.4 × 16.5 cm)
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Moche artist(s)
Ear ornament with winged runner
400–700 CE
Gold, turquoise, sodalite, shell
H. 3 3/4 × W. 3 7/8 × D. 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 9.8 × 8.3 cm)
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Moche artist(s)
Ear ornament with winged runner
400–700 CE
Gold, turquoise, sodalite, shell
H. 3 3/4 × W. 3 7/8 × D. 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 9.8 × 8.3 cm)
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Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)
Funerary mask
900–1100 CE
Gold, silver-copper alloy, cinnabar
H. 11 1/2 in. × W. 19 1/2 in. × D. 4 in. (29.2 × 49.5 × 10.2 cm)
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Toltec artist(s)
Eagle relief
900–1200 CE
Andesite or dacite, Maya blue, stucco, red pigment
H. 24 1/2 × W. 30 1/2 × D. 2 1/2 in., 90 lb. (62.2 × 77.5 × 6.4 cm, 40.8 kg)
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Eastern Nahua artist(s)
Xantil (deity censer)
1200–1521 CE
Ceramic, slip
H. 22 5/8 x W. 15 1/8 x D. 9 in. (57.5 x 38.4 x 22.9 cm)
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Mexica artist(s)
Serpent labret with articulated tongue
1325–1521 CE
Gold
H. 2 5/8 × W.1 3/4 × D. 2 5/8 in. (6.67 × 4.45 × 6.67 cm) Wt. 1.81 oz (51.35 g)
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