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exhibitions > recent:

Of Land, Sea, and Sky
Animals in the Art of the Ancient Americas

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Pair of musical rasps in the form of Caymans
Costa Rica
Buff pottery
600-900 AD
L: 10 in. (25.4 cm), W: 3.5 in. (8.89 cm)
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Vessel in the form of a Jaguar
Maya, Mexico
Pottery
250-900 AD
L: 8 in. (20.32 cm), H: 7 in. (17.78 cm), W: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
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Mace head in the form of a Serpent
Colima, Mexico
Stone
L: 4 in. (10.16 cm), W: 3 in. (7.62 cm)
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Figural bowl with Cayman heads
Tairona, Colombia
Redware pottery
1000 - 1550 A.D.
L: 16 in. (40.64 cm), W: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
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Pendant with adorsed Birds
Atlantic Watershed Zone, late period V, Costa Rica
Jade with traces of red pigment
300 - 700 AD
L: 3 in. (7.62 cm), W: 2.25 in. (5.715 cm)
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Vessel in the form of an Alpaca
Inca, Peru
Wood
13th-15th century
L: 3 in. (7.62 cm), H: 1.5 in. (3.81 cm), W: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
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