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American poetry (84)
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American Revolution, 1775-1783 (1)
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Amneus, D. (1)
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Amoroso, Cori (1)
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An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced. (6)
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An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning. (6)
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An androgynous figure with shoulder scarification kneels in front of a metate. The person uses a mano to grind corn for masa. (6)
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An elaborately dressed and painted female sits with her legs to her side indicating her special status. The bowl, held in her left hand, represents one of her functions. The right hand held out is very typical, but the meaning remains obscure. (6)
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An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads. (6)
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An elite male figure wearing a headdress, earspools, a necklace as well as a belt. He holds a staff or a cane or maybe a spear. (6)
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An elite male sits with his back to an avian reclinatario. The backrest in the form of a bird with a wattle could be a totem or a nahual (animal spirit). The fan held by the male represents a symbol of his authority. (6)
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An image was pressed into soft clay to create a negative space. The mold would dry and be fired. Now, soft clay was pressed into the fired mold to create a positive image. (6)
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An obsidian flake has been separated or knocked off a larger gore. The flake was thinned and shaped by having small pieces pushed off the sides to form a blade with a tang. Eventually the edges had small chips pushed off both sides to reproduce a sharp edge. The blade was embedded or haft into the handle of a knife. (6)
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An ovular bowl form has been appliqued with three triangular pierced legs, a tail, and a dog's head. A black checkerboard pattern surrounded by a long rectangle appears on each side. One ear and eye have been painted black. (6)
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An unusual figure portraying an acrobat. The maker didn't quite understand bending human anatomy and 3-D sculpture. They created a three-dimensional male elite figure with a flat two-dimensional perspective (1)
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An unusual hooded vessel decorated in the red and black ramos polychromic style. An ordinary vessel that depicts a smoker. Vessels depicting smokers are adult kneeling/sitting males with elaborate body decoration. The hole on each side suggests a handle vessel. (6)
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An unusual seated male figurine holds an elongated tray on his lap. The shape of the tray suggests a stone metate. It is possible that the figure represents the production of metates. (1)
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An, Elizabeth (2)
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Anaya, Rudolfo A. (2)
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Anderson, Jocelyn (1)
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