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Tags: Ceremonial

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Jade square bead or pendant Mesoamerican; Mayan 61.8590 jade
Wooden kachina Native American; Hopi 84.2687 wood, pigment, feathers, horse hair, cotton string
Ceramic effigy rattle Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3850 clay
Ivory whale effigy Native American; Inuit 83.1804 ivory
Ixtlan del Rio style hollow male ceramic funerary effigy Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.4078 clay, slip, paint
Ceramic effigy bowl with figurative traits Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.4054 clay, slip, paint
Jade effigy pendant of seated figure Mesoamerican; Mayan 55.229 jadeite
Jalisco style hollow ceramic anthropomorphic figure Mesoamerican 54.3932 clay, slip, paint
Human stone head with ritual ball game regalia Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz 61.8888 stone
Clay bird figure whistle Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.7306 clay
Ivory seal effigy Arctic, Inuit 83.1288 Ivory
Grooved and polished obsidian earspool Mesoamerican 61.8532 obsidian
Jade effigy pendant of a face Mesoamerican 55.141 jade
Jaina Island style solid ceramic seated male effigy wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and arm cuffs on each arm Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3813 clay
Obsidian labret or lip plug with small inset space on face Mesoamerican 61.8545 obsidian
Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid human figurine Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.3747 clay, paint
Jade effigy pendant of an individual Mesoamerican; Mayan 55.223 jade
Leather pipe bag with beaded panels, quillwork, and leather fringe Native American; Sioux 84.500 leather, glass, quills
Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style solid flat female figure Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.3476 clay
Ivory seal effigy Native American; possibly Aleut 83.1350 ivory