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Stylized Pre-Columbian Armadillo, West Mexico
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This stone statue of an animal depicts what I believe is a stylized armadillo, suggested by the deeply carved spirals indicative of the segmented striping on the shell of the actual animal. The carving is characteristically West Mexican, with the treatment showing a blend of Mezcala-Guerrero and Colima styles. Despite its quirky appearance, this is an interesting figure worthy of future study -- it clearly demonstrates how neighboring cultures borrowed styles and techniques from each other.
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Large, Zoomorphic Metate, Pre-Columbian Costa Rica
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A metate is a solid, flat object used for grinding grains, typically corn in Mesoamerica, into meal or flour for use in cooking. Grains scattered on the metate would be ground with a hand-held stone called a mano until crushed, then brushed off into a collection basin. Pre-Columbian Costa Rica had a rich tradition of making highly elaborate, frequently votive metates out of volcanic stone, particularly in the Atlantic Highland region. This example was carved in the form of jaguar, with head, tai ...click for details
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Pre-Columbian Maya Eccentric of a Chieftan
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Maya eccentrics are tiny, fascinating works of art whose purpose is still poorly understood. Eccentrics are thin, finely-knapped ceremonial objects made of obsidian, chalcedony, flint or chert. They are typically assumed to have served ritual functions and are generally found in caches in ceremonial contexts. Eccentrics take many shapes, including real or mythological creatures and important symbols from the Maya world. They were produced over a very wide time span with Classic period production ...click for details
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Pre-Columbian Maya Jaguar Fragment
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Pre AD 1000 item# 659227
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This is an interesting adorno fragment from a larger vessel that depicts a toothy jaguar. Jaguars were a potent symbol for the Maya. The concept of power provided by jaguars can be at the center of human societies in that it is identified with their most cultured ruling elites, while simultaneously marking the limits of human societies in that it represents the most dangerous of natural, external threats. See Saunders' "Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas" for a discus ...click for details
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Large Pre-Columbian Jalisco Figure
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Jalisco is one of the modern states in Mexico, located in the west-central region bordering the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists refer to the culture that flourished there in ancient times by its modern name since very little information is known about the people themselves. In comparison with the high civilizations of the Olmecs, Maya, and Aztecs, the Jalisco culture - and other West Mexican sites such as Colima, Nayarit, and Mezcala - remains shadowed in relative obscurity. The geography of the a ...click for details
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Maya Brownware Cylinder with Carved Glyphs
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This lovely Maya brownware cylinder, likely produced in lowland Guatemala, is a good example of a typical, non-elite ceramic jar from the late Classic Period. The carved upper glyph band is a highly stylized approximation of actual glyphs, meant to emulate the true writing seen on elite vessels from earlier periods. The carved registers on the side are representations of the petate, a twisted mat of palm fronds that served as the seat of rulers. The petate was a popular symbol on pottery vessels ...click for details
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Pre-Columbian Nayarit Polychrome Vessel
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Nayarit is one of the modern states in Mexico, located in the west-central region bordering the Pacific Ocean. Archaeologists refer to the culture that flourished there in ancient times by its modern name since very little information is known about the people themselves. In comparison with the high civilizations of the Olmecs, Maya, and Aztecs, the Nayarit culture - and other West Mexican sites such as Colima, Jalisco, and Mezcala - remains shadowed in relative obscurity. The geography of the a ...click for details
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