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Miniature Bowl with Interior Bird-Wing Motif, Ancestral Pueblo, 1250,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Mrs Chauncey B. Bordland and the Alsdorf Foundation
Size: 8.3 x 19.1 cm (3 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/51139/
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Miniature Jar in Form of Human Head with Large Cheeks, Moche, -100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: H. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8775/
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Blouse (Huipil), Maya, 1901,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Size: 59.1 x 105.4 cm (23 ¼ x 41 ½ in.)
Medium: Cotton and silk floss; plain weave formed by single warp, double and triple wefts; with supplementary brocading and patetrning wefts; neck opening embroidered in buttonhole stitch in silk floss; two widths joined
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/32457/
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Poncho, Aymara, 1850,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Restricted gift of the Textile Society
Size: 210.2 × 167.6 cm (82 ¾ × 66 in.)
Medium: Wool, stripes of plain weave and three-color complementary warp weave; joined with darning stitches; bottom edged with tape of three-color complementary warp weave; plain weave with extended supplementary patterning weft fringe
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/61697/
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Cup Depicting Costumed Ritual Performer, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 15.2 × 10.2 cm (4 × 6 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4718/
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Cap (Chullu or Lluchu), Quechua, 1900,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 34.3 x 23.5 cm (13 ½ x 9 ¼ in.)
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85654/
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Bowl Depicting Abstract Plants, Probably Cactus, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
Size: 10.2 × 16.5 cm (4 × 6 ½ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4736/
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Mold-Made Blackware Pendant with Rounded Headdress, Moche, 100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 cm (1 ¾ x 1 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/86145/
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Miniature Ceremonial Vessel (Aryballos), Inca, 1450,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 11.4 × 9.2 cm (4 ½ × 3 5/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91497/
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Jar with Feather Motif, Maria Martinez, 1956,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
San Ildefonso pottery Maria Martinez accommodated the tastes of the wealthy collectors and tourists in new productions based on traditional methods and forms, but also contemporary in appearance. Her distinctive black pots, which resulted from experiments with firigin and glazes, attracted many collectors, and soon she and her husband, Julian, produced the famous black-on-black ware almost exclusively.— Revised from J. Barter, Window on the West (2003), pg. 129 Gift of Edward H. Weiss
Size: 22.9 x 22.9 cm (9 x 9 in.) (at widest point)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59403/
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Jar with Small Neck Depicting Abstract Face of Masked Figure, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 12.7 x 16.7 cm (5 x 6 9/16 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91346/
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Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spider Motifs, Moche, -100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: 22 × 1.3 cm (8 5/8 × 5 ¼ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6275/
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Jar with Intricate Spout Depicting a Ritual Performer, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 15.4 x 11.3 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91352/
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Double-Chambered Vessel, Teotihuacan, 100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith
Size: H. 6.4 cm (2 ½ in.)
Medium: Ceramic
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120359/
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Balance-Beam Scale with Cut-Out Bird and Step Motifs, Ica, 500,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Buckingham Fund
Size: 14.1 x 2.4 cm (5 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Medium: Bone with pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/126424/
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Bowl with Stepped Motifs, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 7.6 x 13 cm (3 x 5 1/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91006/
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Globular Jar in the Form of a Cat, Moche, -100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: H. 19.7 cm (7 ¾ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9140/
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Tunic, Shipibo, 1900,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 118.1 x 127 cm (46 ½ x 50 in.)
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85528/
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Figure Jar, Moche, -100,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: H. 39.4 cm (15 ½ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8821/
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Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma, Moche, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: 35.2 × 21 × 18.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 7 ¼ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6931/
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Pectoral, Maya, 200,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
This elegant chest ornament would have been part of a ruler’s ceremonial regalia. In Maya society, as among other Amerindian peoples, a ruler’s attire indicated rank, religious function, and place of origin. Such dress was highly regulated, and only members of the nobility wore jade and other greenstones as an expression of their wealth and high status. Moreover, these rare and valued stones were considered to be inherently sacred and powerful. By wearing jade regalia, kings directly associated themselves with the youthful green maize plant and life-giving blue-green waters. Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
Size: 7 × 7 cm (2 ¾ × 2 ¾ in.)
Medium: Jadeite
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30374/
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Bowl Depicting a Harvest Dance, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 6 × 13 cm (2 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91119/
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Blanket (Navajo design), Navajo, 1901,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Joseph W. Fell
Size: 207 x 195.6 cm (81 ½ x 77 in.) Warp repeat: 86.4-91.5 cm (34-36 in.) Weft repeat: point
Medium: Wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; fulled; two selvages present
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/153687/
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Beaker Depicting Warriors Holding Feathered Staffs with Regalia, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 18.3 x 10.6 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91286/
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Bowl Depicting Costumed Ritual Figure Holding Staff, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 8.6 x 12.4 cm (3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91080/
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Coca or Ceremonial Cloth (Inkuña), Quechua, 1900,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 71.8 x 60.6 cm (28 ¼ x 23 7/8 in.)
Medium: Wool and cotton, plain weave with patterning warps; joined with wool in darning stitches
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85491/
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Panel, Maya, 1900,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Size: 142.6 x 38.4 cm (5 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/32392/
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Fragment, Chancay, 750,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 22.2 x 24.1 cm (8 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of two-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps, double cloth, and plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in chain stitches
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85173/
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Mola, Kuna, 1960,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of F. Louis Hoover
Size: 41.8 x 54.5 cm (16 ½ x 21 ½ in.)
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34037/
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Miniature Cup with Side Spout, Nieveria, 500,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 7.1 x 4.6 cm (2 13/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91520/
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Bowl with Half-Circle with Projections Motifs Descending from Rim, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 6.4 x 14.8 cm (2 ½ x 5 13/16 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/90977/
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Bowl with a Figure Holding a Macaw, Hopi, 1400,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
The bisected design of this bowl interior features a field of paint spatter contrasting with a standing figure holding a macaw in his outstretched hand. The figure depicts a ritualist wearing an embroidered kilt and a pair of feathers in his hair. He is further ornamented with polychrome paint that covers his face, torso, and arms. The red color and long tail feathers of the bird indicate that it is a scarlet macaw, a type of parrot traded from Mexico. These birds were symbolically associated with the power of the sun and agricultural abundance, and their brilliant feathers were highly valued in ceremonial contexts. Modern-day Pueblo communities leave prayer sticks adorned with feathers at specific sacred places in the landscape. These ritual objects are offered as prayers to the gods and the natural elements, asking them to bring rainclouds to regenerate the crops in the cultivated fields. Gift of Edward and Betty Harris
Size: 10.8 × 31.8 cm (4 ¼ × 12 ½ in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/187554/
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Mola, Kuna, 1960,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of F. Louis Hoover
Size: 41.8 x 54.5 cm (16 ½ x 21 ½ in.)
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Vessel Depicting Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask with a Symbolic Trail, Nazca, -180,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Size: 20.6 × 20 cm (8 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
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Bottle with Incised Geometric Figure, Paracas, -650,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas
Gift of Nathan Cummings
Size: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)
Medium: Ceramic with resinous postfire paint
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