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Cup. Maya civilization, possibly eastern El Salvador, Late Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Ceramic with stucco and pigment. Museo de América, Madrid, collection

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Cup. Maya civilization, possibly eastern El Salvador, Late Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Ceramic with stucco and pigment. Museo de América, Madrid, collection

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Polychrome tripod plate. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-700 AD. Ceramic. Dumbarton Oaks collection

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Polychrome tripod plate. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-700 AD. Ceramic. Dumbarton Oaks collection

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Polychrome tripod plate. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-700 AD. Ceramic. Dumbarton Oaks collection

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Polychrome tripod plate. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-700 AD. Ceramic. Dumbarton Oaks collection

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Vessel. Recuay culture, north highlands, Peru, ca 1-700 AD. Ceramic with slip and pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Vessel. Recuay culture, north highlands, Peru, ca 1-700 AD. Ceramic with slip and pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Incised piece of conch shell depicting a seated noble with a cigar in his mouth . Maya civilization, ca. 600-900 AD. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Incised piece of conch shell depicting a seated noble with a cigar in his mouth . Maya civilization, ca. 600-900 AD. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Hacha in the form of bound hands. Veracruz, Mexico, Classic period, ca. 600-900 AD. Stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Jaguar effigy vessel. Greater Nicoya culture, Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica, ca. 1000-1350 AD. Ceramic with pigment. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Jaguar effigy vessel. Greater Nicoya culture, Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica, ca. 1000-1350 AD. Ceramic with pigment. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Four earthenware pigs with remains of slip and pigment, possibly burial offerings. China, Northern Wei dynasty, ca. 386-534 AD. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Four earthenware pigs with remains of slip and pigment, possibly burial offerings. China, Northern Wei dynasty, ca. 386-534 AD. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Mirror back with goddess wearing butterfly headdress and attendants. Thought to be from Escuintla, Guatemala, but in Teotihuacán style, Classic period, ca. 400-550 AD. Slate with pigment. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Portrait head. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-800 AD. Queen conch shell. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Portrait head. Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600-800 AD. Queen conch shell. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Lobster effigy vessel. Nazca civilization , south coast, Peru, ca. 300-600 AD. Earthenware, slip paint. Walters Art Museum collection

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Lobster effigy vessel. Nazca civilization , south coast, Peru, ca. 300-600 AD. Earthenware, slip paint. Walters Art Museum collection

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Reclining figure. Stone with traces of pigment. Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 300-600 AD. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Reclining figure. Stone with traces of pigment. Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 300-600 AD. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Two ceramic dog vessels. Colima, Mexico, ca. 400 BC-100 AD. Museo de América, Madrid

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Two ceramic dog vessels. Colima, Mexico, ca. 400 BC-100 AD. Museo de América, Madrid

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Figure of a warrior with large headdress. Jaina Island, Mexico, Maya civilization, 600-900 AD

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Figure of a warrior with large headdress. Jaina Island, Mexico, Maya civilization, 600-900 AD

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Ceramic aryballos in the form of a helmeted head. East Greek, possibly Rhodian, ca. 600-570 BC. Penn Museum collection

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Ceramic aryballos in the form of a helmeted head. East Greek, possibly Rhodian, ca. 600-570 BC. Penn Museum collection

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Gold earrings and nose ornament with little turquoise plates. Peru, Moche civilization, 1-600 AD

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Gold earrings and nose ornament with little turquoise plates. Peru, Moche civilization, 1-600 AD

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Effigy vessel representing a land crab, from the Colima culture of Western Mexico, Classical period, 100 BCE–250 CE, crafted from ceramic with a brick-red slip and black oxides. Collection & Photo Credit: Binoche and Giquello, Paris

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Effigy vessel representing a land crab, from the Colima culture of Western Mexico, Classical period, 100 BCE–250 CE, crafted from ceramic with a brick-red slip and black oxides. Collection & Photo Credit: Binoche and Giquello, Paris

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Head of an aged being. Maya civilization, El Mirador, Guatemala, ca. 7th-9th c. Stucco. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala

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Head of an aged being. Maya civilization, El Mirador, Guatemala, ca. 7th-9th c. Stucco. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala

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Bird. Maya, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. Earthenware and paint. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Bird. Maya, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. Earthenware and paint. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection

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Bird with human head, possibly Hermes. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period, ca. 3rd-4th c AD. Bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Bird with human head, possibly Hermes. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period, ca. 3rd-4th c AD. Bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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