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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Ivory human effigy Arctic, Aleut 83.1355 Ivory
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican 54.7599 clay
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican; Zapotec 54.7387 clay
Ivory seal effigy Arctic, Inuit 83.1219 Ivory
Ceramic effigy with hollow construction Mesoamerican; Aztec 54.7297 clay
Jade human face effigy Mesoamerican 55.219 jade
"Xipe Totec" Aztec deity of a priest wearing the skin of a flayed human sacrifice Mesoamerican; Aztec 54.7294 clay
Nayarit Style solid female ceramic funerary effigy Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.4158 clay, slip, paint
Ixtlan del Rio hollow ceramic figure of seated male with fan in hand Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.1716 clay, slip, paint
Ivory bear effigy toggle Native American; Inuit 83.1289 ivory
Hollow ceramic anthropomorphic head fragment Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz 54.7330 clay
Stone human head Mesoamerican; Mayan 61.8892 stone
Ivory polar bear effigy Native American; possibly Aleut 83.1353 ivory
Ceramic human figure head fragment Mesoamerican 54.7607 clay
Comala style standing parrot hollow figure Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.2090 clay, burnished red slip
Jade human face effigy pendant Mesoamerican 55.91 jade
Ceramic human effigy figure Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3783 clay
Polychrome ceramic human effigy rattle with human face Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3784 clay
San Sebastian style hollow female ceramic anthropomorphic figure Mesoamerican 54.3880 clay
Jaina Island ceramic effigy seated wearing headdress, earrings, arm cuffs, and clothing Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3858 clay