EXPLORE / PLACE
Central and South America
Begin with these collection records, then follow their materials, makers and related traditions. Labels retain the museum’s culture terminology.
↗Central Andes (Peru), Recuay people · 1–700 CE
Architectural Vessel
Creator not recorded
↗Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Chavín style · 500–200 BCE
Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads
Creator not recorded
↗Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200–1460s · 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability)
Loincloth
Creator not recorded
↗Peru, North Coast, Chongoyape(?), Chavín style (900-200 BCE) · c. 500–200 BCE
Plaque
Creator not recorded
↗Peru, North Coast, Moche style · 200–550 CE
Portrait Head Vessel
Creator not recorded
↗Peru, North Coast, Moche style · c. 200–550 CE
Portrait Head Vessel
Creator not recorded
↗Guatemala or Mexico, Usumacinta River region, Maya style · c. 795
Panel with Royal Woman
Creator not recorded
↗Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Department of the Petén, El Perú (also known as Waka'), Maya (250-900), Classic period (200-1000) · 692
Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)
Creator not recorded
↗Guatemala, Quirigua, Maya style (250-900) · 600–900
Eccentric Flint
Creator not recorded
↗Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region · c. 600–1100 (Thermoluminescence date, 995–1395)
Lidded Bowl with Iguana
Creator not recorded
↗Costa Rica · c. 1910s
Untitled (Semi-Circle of Children, Central Girl Dressed as an Angel Holding the Baby Jesus)
Andrés and Francisco Hernández
↗Costa Rica · 300–500 CE
Mace Head
Creator not recorded
↗Isthmian Region (Colombia), Tolima · 1–800 CE
Figural Pendant
Creator not recorded
↗Colombia, Tairona · c. 900–1550 (thermoluminescence date, 810–1310)
Double-Bat Bowl
Creator not recorded
↗Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century · c. 400–700
Staff Head(?)
Creator not recorded