Materials & Techniques

Obsidian

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Celt

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Mirror

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Duck-head pendant

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Mask

Cultures & Traditions

Olmec Masks

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Bead: monkey profile

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Concave pectoral

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Mirror

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Cylindrical bead with swirl patterns

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Face panel

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Spherical bead with circles

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Mythological animal

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Face panel

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Pendant: spoon with incised motif in bowl

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Hummingbird pendant

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Mace head

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Celt with incised plant motif

Materials & Techniques

Alabaster

Materials & Techniques

Mixtec and Aztec Masks: Turquoise Mosaic

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Coiled serpent pendant

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Tubular bead

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Kneeling male figure

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Labret

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Vase fragment: procession of warriors

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Spoon: parrot finials

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Anthropomorphic plaque, possibly the fire serpent

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Cylindrical vessel with frontal faces and profile figures

In Focus

The History (Provenance) of the Olmec Seated ruler in ritual pose [1983.50]

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Camelid figurine

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Celt

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Plaque fragment with profile face

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Pair of ear spools

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Miniature spoon: bird over human finial

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Standing figure with were-jaguar face

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Face effigy with aquiline features

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Face effigy

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Mask

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Head-form pendant

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Spoon: parrot finials