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Olmec

Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God, 800–400 BCE

Art Institute of Chicago

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Moche

Vessel with Humans, Skeletons, Owls, Birds, Pumas, Seals, and Frogs, 100 BCE–500 CE

Art Institute of Chicago

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Paracas

Bottle with Incised Geometric Figure, 650–150 BCE

Art Institute of Chicago

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Lambayeque

Vessel with Double-Horned Spouts, 1000–1470

Art Institute of Chicago

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Veracruz, Classic

Plate with an Image of a Moth, 900–1200

Art Institute of Chicago

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Teotihuacan

Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs, 300–600 CE

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Moche

Flaring Bowl with Repeating Pattern of Abstract Figures, 100 BCE–500 CE

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Nasca

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350–550 CE

Art Institute of Chicago

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Nasca

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350-550 CE

Art Institute of Chicago

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Veracruz, Classic

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke, 700–800

Art Institute of Chicago

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Coclé

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Art Institute of Chicago

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Coclé

Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest, 700–1100

Art Institute of Chicago

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Inca

Beaker, Late 15th–early 16th century

Art Institute of Chicago

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Tiwanaku

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure, 700–1000

Art Institute of Chicago

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Nasca

Vessel in the Form of the Head and Torso of a Figure, 600–1000

Art Institute of Chicago

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Tiwanaku

Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds, 700–1000

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Paracas

Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure, 650–150 BCE

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Tiwanaku

Shield Painted with Abstract Figures, 100–600 CE

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Tiwanaku

Vessel with Geometric Motifs, 600–1000

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Tiwanaku

Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure, 600–1000

Art Institute of Chicago

Style

Subject

Culture

Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God, 800–400 BCE

Vessel with Humans, Skeletons, Owls, Birds, Pumas, Seals, and Frogs, 100 BCE–500 CE

Bottle with Incised Geometric Figure, 650–150 BCE

Vessel with Double-Horned Spouts, 1000–1470

Plate with an Image of a Moth, 900–1200

Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs, 300–600 CE

Flaring Bowl with Repeating Pattern of Abstract Figures, 100 BCE–500 CE

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350–550 CE

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350-550 CE

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke, 700–800

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest, 700–1100

Beaker, Late 15th–early 16th century

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure, 700–1000

Vessel in the Form of the Head and Torso of a Figure, 600–1000

Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds, 700–1000

Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure, 650–150 BCE

Shield Painted with Abstract Figures, 100–600 CE

Vessel with Geometric Motifs, 600–1000

Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure, 600–1000

Style

Subject

Culture

Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God, 800–400 BCE

Vessel with Humans, Skeletons, Owls, Birds, Pumas, Seals, and Frogs, 100 BCE–500 CE

Bottle with Incised Geometric Figure, 650–150 BCE

Vessel with Double-Horned Spouts, 1000–1470

Plate with an Image of a Moth, 900–1200

Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs, 300–600 CE

Flaring Bowl with Repeating Pattern of Abstract Figures, 100 BCE–500 CE

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350–550 CE

Vessel with Women's Faces and Masked Beings, 350-550 CE

Fragment of a Ceremonial Ballgame Yoke, 700–800

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest, 700–1100

Beaker, Late 15th–early 16th century

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure, 700–1000

Vessel in the Form of the Head and Torso of a Figure, 600–1000

Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds, 700–1000

Jar with Anthropomorphic Figure, 650–150 BCE

Shield Painted with Abstract Figures, 100–600 CE

Vessel with Geometric Motifs, 600–1000

Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure, 600–1000