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A seated clay figure with legs crossed, its arms bent at its sides, and its hands resting on its abdomen. The figure's face is angled slightly upward, and it wears an elaborate hairstyle or headdress that points upward and forward.
Seated Figure
Culture: Olmec
2001.2
A fox head with large ears, whiskers on the snout, and an open mouth, the tongue protruding. There are dangling metal discs hanging from the ears and below the chin.
Headdress Element in the Form of a Fox Head
Culture: Moche
2003.1
An earspool with a circular, flat decoration attached to a cylindrical post. The circular face has intricate details on its surface, arranged in radial circular patterns, and a bird with a small fish near its foot at the center.
Earspool
Culture: Sicán
2010.48
Vessel in the form of an old woman in a squatting or kneeling position, mouth open and head raised upwards.
Vessel in the Form of an Old Woman
Culture: Olmec
2010.49
A lime container with an anthropomorphic figure built into the side of a shell. The figure, with bat-like features, appears to wear a headdress, a necklace, and has small feet with anklets.
Lime Container
Culture: Wari
Culture: Tiwanaku
2010.50
An urn in the form of a seated figure with legs crossed and hands on its knees. The head has large, prominent lips that extend in front of the face, and there is a cylindrical headdress extending from the top of the figure's head.
Urn in the Form of a Seated Figure
Culture: Zapotec
2010.51
A tall, oblong, roughly ovoid smooth stone. It is a light orange/tan color with some streaks of dark grey, particularly near the center.
Celt
Culture: Olmec
2010.52
A wooden object with a long curved blade and a carved figure on top.
Spatula
Culture: Taíno
2010.53
A tall, cylindrical white vase with a decorative bean pod depicted in low relief on the exterior of the vase, hanging down from the rim.
Beaker
Culture: Chancay
2011.335
A standing female figure with pubic triangle and breasts indicated. The figure's arms are attached to her sides with hands resting on the torso, and the figure's legs and feet are indicated but are not separated from each other. There is also a necklace indicated between the figure's head and torso.
Female Figure
Culture: Chimú
2011.344

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