Mesoamerica
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| 1 | 00.30.317 | Pendant | Indian artifact, possibly a pendant. Oval, 2" x 1 3/4" x 1/8". Painted white on one side with black geometric design. Hole in center. Apparently broken in half and glued together. |
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| 2 | 00.30.318 | Metate | A metate is a mealing stone used by women in Central America to grind maize and other grains. The bottom is broken out to indicate a good wife. |
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| 3 | 00.47.1.1 | Calendar | Three parts. a. Calendar stone (Replica); green. b. Base. c. Card for calendar stone, "The Calendar Stone of the Aztecs Replica presented by the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Pa." Color: GR |
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| 4 | 00.47.1.2.1 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd. Roughly triangular. Color: GY |
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| 5 | 00.47.1.2.2 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd, roughly rectangular. Desing on one side consisting of two horizontal lines with slanted design above, all incised. Color: BK |
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| 6 | 00.47.1.2.3 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd, roughly square. Color: BK |
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| 7 | 00.47.1.2.4 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd. 3 sides roungly rectantular with fourth side forming a hump. Color: TN,BK |
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| 8 | 00.47.1.2.5 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd, roughly triangular in shape. One point has top flaked off. One side has 7 horizontal lines alternating grey and black. Color: GY,BK |
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| 9 | 00.47.1.2.6 | Sherd, pottery | Pottery sherd, irregular in shape. One side grey with tan showing through. Other side tan. Color: TN |
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| 10 | 00.56.4.1.1 | Cup | Bottom nailed on. Twoi lobes on either side at top. Color: TN |
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| 11 | 00.56.4.1.2 | Ceramic | Round with long neck pot. Horizontal stripes on neck with draped line with dangling pendant like line at top of drape. Palm tree, flowers, and lines design around jug. Grey and red lines around bottom half of jar. No design below lines. Color: GY,BK,RD |
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| 12 | 00.56.5.3.1 | Calabash Vessle | Dried, dyed, and relief carved calabash gourd which has been cut into a decorative vessle/container. |
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| 13 | 00.56.5.3.2 | Calabash Vessle | Dried, dyed, and relief carved calabash gourd which has been cut into a decorative vessle/container. |
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| 14 | 00.56.5.3.3 | Calabash | None |
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| 15 | 1968.9.2.2 | Rattle | Woven bird rattle, lavendar and green with hot pink head and pink and lavendar tail. Bell inside. Color: LV,GR,Pk |
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| 16 | 1968.9.2.4 | Belt | Braided plastic belt. "Plastic weaving" according to Dorothy Grant. Red buckle of same material. Plastic is twisted over white string. Color: GR,RD,YL,WH |
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| 17 | 1968.9.7.1 | Beads | Seventy-three woven straw beads in continuous strand strung on string.. Color: TN,GR |
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| 18 | 1968.9.7.2 | Fan | Rectangular; woven diagonally. No handle. Double strip along one side to serve as handle. Color: TN,PR,OR |
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| 19 | 1968.9.7.3 | Fan | Rectangular; woven diagonally. No handle. Double strip along one side to serve as handle. Color: TN,YL,PR |
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| 20 | 1968.9.8.14.2 | Picture | Cut out picture of a man and woman embracing. Outer edge black. Back side painted green. Color: BK,BR,GR |
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| 21 | 1968.9.8.14.3 | Picture | Cut out picture of a man playing pan pipes with a blue mountain in background and a dog in lower left side. Color: BK,BR |
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| 22 | 1968.9.8.9.1 | Medicine | Vial containing 10 bottles of Totaquina. Color: GY-WH |
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| 23 | 1968.9.8.9.2 | Medicine | Glass vial containing 19 1/2 tablets of quinine sulfate. Sealed with a cork. Color: BR-WH |
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| 24 | 1968.9.8.9.3 | Medicine | Vial containing 15 tablets of Atabrin. Stamped with a "W". Color: YL |
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| 25 | 1968.9.8.9.4 | Medicine | Glass vial containing Cinchona Seeds (C. pitayensis); small brown flakes. Sealed with a cork. Cinchona succirubus Color: BR |
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| 26 | 1971.11.4 | Dish | Oblong ceramic dish red with yellow line along upper edge. There is a grey bird above a blue lake with green trees along edge of lake. On bottom another yelllow line along edge with blue flower with yellow and green leaves. Color: RD,BL,GR |
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| 27 | 1971.35.1 | Fan | Square with handle attached at one corner with palm fibers. Colors run vertically and horizontally. Handle wrapped with palm fibers approximately 1/2" wide. Fibers in fan vary from 1/2" to 1" wide.. Color: RD,GR,PR,YL |
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| 28 | 1972.21.74 | Spoon, demitasse | Demitasse. "Mexico" on handle. Color: SL |
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| 29 | 1972.31.0005 | Basket | Basket with handle cut from gourd. Bush design incised across handle. "Recuerdo do Tabasco" carved around top with two rows of esigns below. The row below has flower designs and bottom row has diamond pattern. Bottom of basket has leaf design. Bottom is rounded. Color: BR,TN |
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| 30 | 1972.31.0016 | Flute | Four + one holes. Color: TN |
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| 31 | 1972.31.0017 | Flute | Five + one holes. Color: TN |
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| 32 | 1972.31.0018 | Maraca | Two pieces. a and b. Hollowed out wood fitted with rattles. Red on top with scene in middle painted in black, greenish design below. Natural colored handles. Color: TN,RD,BK |
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| 33 | 1972.31.0022 | Leaflet | Descriptive folder describing Aztec calendar stone. Front has color reproduction of calendar stone. Back has explanation of symbols. Color: WH,RD,BL |
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| 34 | 1972.31.0024 | Stone, worry | Thumb depression. |
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| 35 | 1972.31.0053 | Program | For program by Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. |
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| 36 | 1972.31.1 | Glass, wine | Separately swirled structural design applied on outside of bowl. White paper label glued on bottom. "Avalas Guadalajara, Jl. Mexico C-184 $5.50" on label. Color: BL |
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| 37 | 1972.31.10 | Belt | Woven with red and green strips along edges. Red is chain pattern. Center design is green and red. Color: WH,GR,RD |
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| 38 | 1972.31.11 | Painting | Painting on plant fiber mat. Brown background bright fluorescent painted stylized bird. Mostly red, green, and blue, orange flower disks and 2 white tail plumes. Color: BR,RD,BL |
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| 39 | 1972.31.12 | Pin | Rose with three leaflets. Color: SL |
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| 40 | 1972.31.13 | Mat | Woven, small. Predominantly blue. Fringed ends. 17 rows of multi-colored stripes on each end. Color: BL,ML |
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| 41 | 1972.31.14 | Mat | Woven, small. Predominantly red. Fringed ends. 17 horizontal stripes multi-colored on each end.. Color: BL,ML |
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| 42 | 1972.31.15 | Statue | Statue with feathered headdress. Hole in center of headdress wearing a necklace. Toes and fingers are incised design. Color: TN |
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| 43 | 1972.31.19 | Guiro | Two pieces. a. Guiro. b. Striker. Fish shaped with fish design. On bottom has mouth shaped hole in front with 2 round holes in center. Middle is ribbed. Striker is wood that tapers to one end. Color: TN |
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| 44 | 1972.31.20 | Sticks, rhythm | Pair, a and b. Wood cylinder. Color: BR,TN |
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| 45 | 1972.31.21 | Calendar | Natural color replica with light brown. Metal ring at top for hanging. a. Aztec sun stone (replica). b. Plastic bag for protection of stone. Color: TN |
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| 46 | 1972.31.23 | Bookend | Mayan god image. a. and b. Color: WH,TN |
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| 47 | 1972.31.25 | Plate | White round plate with brown and purple and mustard floral desing. On back is printed in brown ink "Alfareria Jimenez, Zaragoso #400, Oaxaca, Oax. Mexico." Color: WH,BR,PR |
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| 48 | 1972.31.26 | Plate | White, round plate with blue floral design. Printed on back in brown ink "Oaxaca Mexico". Color: WH,BL |
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| 49 | 1972.31.27 | Comb | Carved wooden comb with coarse teeth. Has a series of indentations carved along top on both sides. Below are two sets of double lines incised parallel to top. Color: TN |
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| 50 | 1972.31.28 | Comb | Double comb with one side coarse teeth and other fine teeth. Has a single line incised just below each set of teeth. Color: TN |
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