Teaching Ideas

Ceremonial mask (Sicán)

Cultures & Traditions

Sicán (Lambayeque)

Cultures & Traditions

Inca (Inka)

DMA Insight

The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art

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Ceremonial mask

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Cup: upside-down head

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Cup: double faced

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Cup: frog motif

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Cup: bird motif

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Cup

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Cup: frog motif

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Beaker with upside-down head

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Cup: frog motif

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Cup: frog motif

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Cup: bird motif

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Cup: frog motif

Cultures & Traditions

Coca in the Andes

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Beaker with frogs

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Cup: frog motif

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Cup: four standing figures

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Cup: bird and warrior motif

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Cup

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Beaker: heads and scrolls

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Double-spout container

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Cup

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Cup: standing figures and war clubs

Times & Places

Andes, South America

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Cup: birds and heads

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Cup: war club motif

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Cup: standing figures and war clubs

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Cup: standing figures and war clubs

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Cup: war club motif

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Ceremonial tumi

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Beaker with shells and clubs

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Cup: standing figures and war clubs

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Beaker depicting the sicán lord holding a spondylus shell

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Beaker with standing frontal figures holding staffs

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Cup: birds and heads

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Beaker with profile birds and human heads

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Cup