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PRE-COLUMBIAN

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PRE-COLUMBIAN

The Ancient Meso- and South American collection at the Brooks includes art from indigenous cultures that lived in Central and South America between approximately 3000 B.C.E. and 1530 C.E. It features mainly ceramics from cultures such as Nazca, Colima, Moche, Maya, Veracruz, Teotihuacan, Inca, Chancay, Aztec, and Nicoya. Particularly noteworthy objects in the collection are a copper mask from the Sicán culture of north Coastal Peru, a Chancay ceramic female standing funerary figure, and an Incan feathered tabard or tunic.

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Mask
Sicán
800-1200
Tabard
Inca
1400-1530
Huetar Head of a Leading Man
Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed Costa Rica
1000-1250
Storage Jar (Urpu)
Inca
1430-1530
Remojadas Standing Female Singer
Central Veracruz
500-900