DMA Insight

A Gift of Ancient Art from Mexico

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Bottle with lid

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Double-spout strap-handle vessel depicting a falcon

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Vessel (itinate)

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Beer-drinking vessel

Artists & Designers

Fischli/Weiss (1979-2012)

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Water storage vessel (jidaga)

In Focus

Lokapala and burial practices in Tang dynasty China

Materials & Techniques

Akan Brass Casting

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Ceremonial vessel

In Focus

A Bamana terracotta vessel

Cultures & Traditions

Salinar

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Double-spout strap-handle vessel: double-headed serpent deity

Cultures & Traditions

Chimú

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Stirrup-spout bottle: four fruits

In Focus

Lokapala and Materials

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Scarabronze vase

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Sun God (Helios)

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Bowl: animal figure

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Single-spout strap-handle vessel: feline

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Flared bowl with supernatural heads

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Figurine bust fragment

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Spout-and-bridge bottle: bird form

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Bowl: hummingbirds

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Trumpet

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Keno trailed bottle: incised interlocking spirals

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Vessel: human leg effigy

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Stirrup-spout vessel depicting felines and cacti

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Single-spout-and-bridge bottle: feline figure

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Water jar

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Vessel in the form of a human figure with serpents

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Santa Cruz red-on-buff: bighorn sheep effigy vessel

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Stirrup-spout vessel

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Spout-and-bridge bottle: monkey figure

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Jar

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Head fragment

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Seated hunchback holding mirror

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Stirrup-spout vessel

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Jar with corn motif

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Santa Cruz red-on-buff jar: zig-zag pattern