DMA Insight

Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art

Cultures & Traditions

Cranial Deformation

Cultures & Traditions

Maya

DMA Insight

A Gift of Ancient Art from Mexico

In Focus

Maya Creation and the Stars

Times & Places

Intermediate Central America

Peoples & Societies

Hohokam

Cultures & Traditions

Dwarfism and Kyphosis (Hunchback) in Art

Cultures & Traditions

Olmec

Cultures & Traditions

Tlatilco

In Focus

Henry Moore: A Modernist's "Primitivism"

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Mask

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Duck-head pendant

Cultures & Traditions

Maize God

In Focus

The History (Provenance) of the Maya Eccentric Flints [1983.45.McD and 2009.26]

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Celt

Cultures & Traditions

Olmec Masks

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Bead: monkey profile

Cultures & Traditions

Censers (Braziers): Incense Burners in Mesoamerica

In Focus

Maya Eccentric Flint Blades

Peoples & Societies

Casas Grandes (Mogollon)

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Concave pectoral

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Cylindrical bead with swirl patterns

Cultures & Traditions

The Mesoamerican Ball Game

Cultures & Traditions

Mesoamerican Sacrifice and Bloodletting (Autosacrifice)

Times & Places

Mesoamerica

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Celt with incised plant motif

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Hummingbird pendant

Cultures & Traditions

Aztec

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Pendant: spoon with incised motif in bowl

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Spherical bead with circles

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Face panel

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Face panel

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Mythological animal

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Ancestor effigy post

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Face panel

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Spoon pendant

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Spherical bead

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Miniature mask

Materials & Techniques

Mixtec and Aztec Masks: Turquoise Mosaic