Cultures & Traditions

Maize God

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A Paramount Chief's Emblem

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Cylindrical bead with swirl patterns

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Bead: monkey profile

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House facade ornament representing a singa

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Duck-head pendant

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Memorial stone or grave marker (penji reti), 2004.58

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Warrior's headdress ornament: frontal figure (tap lavong kayo)

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Spherical bead with circles

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Pendant: spoon with incised motif in bowl

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Coiled serpent pendant

Cultures & Traditions

Mesoamerican Sacrifice and Bloodletting (Autosacrifice)

Cultures & Traditions

The Mesoamerican Ball Game

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House door (oromatan)

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Spherical bead

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Spoon pendant

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Kneeling male figure

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Spherical bead with four glyphs

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Stirrup-spout vessel depicting felines and cacti

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Pendant with frontal face

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Pendant: depicting a crocodile

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Ceremonial cloth (tampan)

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Bead: human head

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Seated female figure with child (pfemba)

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Bead: human head

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Implement with mat design

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Head-form pendant

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Spherical bead with four-point stars

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Head-form pendant

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Standing figure with were-jaguar face

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Plaque fragment with profile face

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Mask

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Bead: jaguar head

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Spirit axe

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Pendant: macaw head profile

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Standing male

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Pendant with two frogs

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Pendant: two frogs with bubbles

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Pendant: frog

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Pendant: frog with serpent in mouth