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Jade bead necklace, Olmec, 1200-900 BC
from The Walters Art Museum
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dyke-delphinia · 6 months
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3D Reconstruction of Tenochtitlán by Thomas Kole
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theancientwayoflife · 1 month
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~ Bird ornament.
Date: A.D. 600–800
Place of origin: Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture: Maya
Medium: Shell
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blatantescapism · 8 months
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I was just in Detroit, for reasons, and stopped in at their Detroit Institute of Arts
and now I have to compose an email to the curation team
because I believe that they are Wrong about this pot:
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The display label said “Bowl Painted with Children Spinning Yarn, about 400, Ceramic, Unknown artist, Nasca culture, Peru.” (The collection label is “Bowl Decorated with Men Spinning, between 200 BCE and 200 CE, Nazca, Precolumbian” which is a weird discrepancy but not the point)
The point is, this simply isn’t what spinning looks like. I don’t think anyone in human history has attempted to make yarn this way. It is certainly not how the Nasca bead spindle or the modern Southern Quechua pushka are used.
I’m fairly certain that they are actually holding slings, slingshots. Virtually unchanged from the Nasca culture to the modern Southern Quechua, with a tassel at one end and a slit pouch.
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@tlatollotl care to give me a vibe check? before I compulsively pester an institution?
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Musician pendant, Veraguas culture (Panama), 700 - 1500 AD
from Dumbarton Oaks
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Homosexual Couple, Costa Rica, ca. 1000-1500, basalt, Barakat Collection. 
   “This unusual Costa Rican sculpture is of two naked males wearing flat headdresses engaging in a homosexual activity. Carved of basalt stone, the sculpture is highly stylized and created in a simple, minimal manner. The larger man stands behind, with his hands firmly holding the shoulders of the smaller man. Such pose generates the feeling of tension, more of a power play between the men than the sexual connotation. Although such scene of homosexual activity may have a certain connotation for people today, the people of Ancient Costa Rica had a quite different interpretation. Wearing little clothing was a symbol of high class for Ancient Costa Ricans because only people who worked in the fields had to wear clothing to protect their sensitive areas such as the genital area. Costa Ricans also considered sex as the unpredictable force, which often leads to tension and destruction. Thus, sex was naturally analogized with beings of aggressive power, such as human males who were often warriors, the fighting force in their culture. Moreover, such activity had a ritualistic significance. During ceremonies, a strong, masculine warrior engaged in the sexual act with another warrior of lesser power to transfer his strength and virility. The basalt sculpture, then, embodies more conception and symbolism than just sex itself. Looking at this sculpture, we realize that symbolism can be interpreted in a myriad of ways depending on the culture and context in question. It behooves us to look below the surface to understand the intricacies of symbol systems and their use within a given culture during a given period. It only expands our understanding of the beauty and complexity of the overall human experience and its infinite expressions.”
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mexicanwanderingsoul · 9 months
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Shout out to depictions of death in Mexican culture fr. Gotta be one of my favorite genders:
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jadeseadragon · 5 months
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Repost @archaeologyart
Vessel in the Shape of an Eagle. Place of origin: Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, or Oaxaca, Nahua or Mixtec Period: Late Postclassic Period Date: 1250–1521 Medium: Ceramic with pigment.⁣
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out-of-the-occident · 2 years
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A Mayan Codex- pre-Columbian books of mathematics, science, and history (photo credit uncertain)
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desimonewayland · 1 year
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Lithograph by Jean-Frédéric de Waldeck, featured in Monuments anciens du Mexique. Palenqué et autres ruines de l'ancienne civilisation du Mexique (1866)
Public Domaine Review — Source.
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emmaklee · 11 months
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Magda Biernat's photos of Bolivian chullpas
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memories-of-ancients · 4 months
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Wool and cotton embroidery, Nazca, 100-300 AD
from The Yale University Art Gallery
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mikhailloomis · 1 year
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Santa Muerte
https://www.instagram.com/sun_rust/
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theancientwayoflife · 9 months
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~ Vessel in the form of a prone creature.
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Culture: Zapotec
Period: Formative
Place of origin: Mexico, Oaxaca, Central Valley of Oaxaca
Medium: Fine-grained grayware ceramic
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peashooter85 · 1 year
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The Tarascan/Purépecha Empire: The Forgotten Empire of Mexico
from Ancient Americas
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Armadillo pendant, Veraguas culture (Panama), 700 - 1500 AD
from Dumbarton Oaks
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