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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican; Zapotec 54.7387 clay
Ceramic vessel fragment with anthropomorphic image of a lord or deity with an elaborate headdress and personal adornment Mesoamerican; Zapotec 54.7389 clay
Ceramic monkey figure fragment Mesoamerican 54.7670 clay
Ivory whale effigy Native American; Inuit 83.1751 ivory
Ceramic effigy with hollow construction Mesoamerican; Aztec 54.7297 clay
Ivory human effigy Arctic 83.1216 Ivory
"Xipe Totec" Aztec deity of a priest wearing the skin of a flayed human sacrifice Mesoamerican; Aztec 54.7294 clay
Obsidian human effigy figure Mesoamerican 61.8538 obsidian
Ixtlan del Rio hollow ceramic figure of seated male with fan in hand Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.1716 clay, slip, paint
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican; Teotihuacan 54.7625 clay
Stone human head Mesoamerican; Mayan 61.8892 stone
Totonac Ceramic human figure head fragment from Cempoala Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz 54.7424 clay
Comala style standing parrot hollow figure Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.2090 clay, burnished red slip
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican 54.7612 clay
Polychrome ceramic human effigy rattle with human face Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3784 clay
Stone effigy figure of a standing man Mesoamerican 61.8803 stone
Jaina Island style solid ceramic effigy whistle, wearing a headdress, earrings, bracelets, and clothing Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3812 clay
Ixtlan del Rio style seated female figure supporting a vessel on her head Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.3959 clay, slip, paint
Ceramic effigy rattle Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3869 clay
Ceramic human figure head effigy fragment Mesoamerican 54.7586 clay