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ear studs, pair, of hammered and engraved gold; the concave disks with beaded edges are decorated with an applied motif bearing four figures; above, a demi-god with elaborate aureloe headdress riding on a bar borne by three other figures; in one hand he holds a beaker-cup; in the other a bag adorned with loose bangles; two of the lower figures wear modified aureole headdresses and carry beakers; all are half-human, half-beast; the bar on which the demi-god rides is finished at the ends with demon heads; loose bangles are variously applied in the design; the tubes of the ear studs are decorated with engraved bands of cats and birds, and soldered to the backs of discs — Ear Spool, c. 1150-1450
Chimu

G260

Tripod effigy vessel, large, with the head of a jaguar in high relief. Two legs, finished at the base of the neck with rigid ring handles formed of the jaguar's front legs, represent the hind legs and are pierced and contain pellets. The third support, in the form of a flattened tail, emerges from the back of the vessel. The jaguar head, an oblong, bib-like area below, the legs, and a wide band at the throat, are painted in polychrome with geometric designs on an orange ground. High polish. — Vessel, c. 1100 - 1200 CE
Guanacaste

G260

kneeling or crouching figure with arms at sides; face jutting forward; frowning expression; knot on top of head, PR side — Pipe, c. 1200
Mississippian

G260

figure wears a replica of a heavy stone yoke at waist over skirt with fret motif; necklace; bands of bracelets on left arm; headdress broken at right. On the left knee a nead with round headdress in relief. Hole in right shoulder forms hook from which rattle could be suspended. The mould for front of body is well designed but assembled crudely with the mould for back.; Pinkish white pottery — Figure, c. 600-750 CE
Nopiloa (Veracruz)

G260

stone figure with red pigment stands on black wood base with hands touching index figure to thumb; face incised on either side with rectangular markings; headdress crowns figure with large ear ornaments; small drill hole in center of chest — Chalchiuhtlicue, c. 1200-1521
Aztec

G260

Small seated dog with short pointed ears and a short tail, curling over on top; uneven incised eyes — Dog, c.100-300 CE
Colima

G260

Pot in form of Fish with a double spout handle rising from the back. Slight modelling on head, tail, and fin area. Other features painted in grey, black, yellow, red and white. Broken at tail; cracked around head. — Vessel in the Form of a Fish, c. 100 BCE - 600 CE
Nasca

G260

Pendant, Veraguas — Pendant, c. 800 - 1100
Veraguas

G260

Bird Head, carved basalt relief (called Hacha), El Tajin style — Hacha, c. 600-900 CE
Veracruz

G260

simple, abstracted seated bird shape with large head; greenish-grey banded stone; holes on bottom — Bird stone, c. 1500-500 BCE
Archaic Woodlands

G260

carved wood cup with straight handle; rounded cup has beaver and canoe carved on bottom; tapering two-part handle carved with scroll at end and rows of triangles — Belt Cup, c. 1830
Wendat (Huron)

G260

1200-1350 A.D.; excavated at Temple Mound (LaFlore, OK) in 1940s — Gorget, c. 1200-1350
Spiro Mississippian

G260

1200-1350 A.D.; excavated at Temple Mound (LaFlore, OK) in 1940s — Gorget, c. 1200-1350
Spiro Mississippian

G260

Stirrup-handle jar in the form of an owl with a fat body. The face, plastically rendered, is painted buff color; the rest of the body is red and burnished. — Vessel, c. 200 BCE - 600 CE
Moche

G260

Vessel with figure band painted around the outside and interior is painted as well. Red, brown and orange throughout. — Vase, c. 800 - 900 CE
Maya

G260

House Group, the evening meal; polychrome; terra cotta group representing a two-story house with canopy roof on piles and 11 figures occupied with various household tasks on two levels an upper terace and a lower, enclosed room with a wide doorway; on each of two sides a stairway of five steps leads from the base to the upper level; the surface is decorated in polychrome (red, yellow, black) with geometric designs lozenges interlocked and wavy stripes; the piece is much weathered and has been extensively restored — House Group, c. 100-400
Nayarit

G260

dog shape, with rounded body; thick, tapered tube-shaped tail; small head with large, protruding teeth; small, upright pointed ears; light orange, dark orange and white pigment designs — Vessel, c. 1500
Ugahxpa (Quapaw)

G260

covered pot with incised design around dome-shaped lid, central knob with hole through center; body has straight sides rising from sharply slanting bottom; 4 decorative rectangles with incised design on sides; pottery-beige clay with burnished brown slip — Serving Vessel, c. 600-900 CE
Maya

G260

vessel in the form of a coati-mundi seated on its haunches and holding its forepaws to its mouth to nibble something; the back of the head is incised to represent fur; brownish surface much worn — Vessel, c. 200 BCE-200 CE
Colima

G260

Bowl, wide-mouthed wit slightly constricted neck, painted in polychrome. The decoration occupies two bands, set off from each other by a glyph* border about two-thirds of the way up the body. The lower band is divided into six panels, three of which contain seated personages elaborately dressed and carrying ceremonial objects in the left hand. These panels, painted brick red and black on a pale orange ground, alternate with fluted panels, painted brick red. The upper band is decorated with a line of seated personages wearing peaked turbans and separated one form the other by serpent and feathered motifs. The colors repeat those of the lower band. Inside the rim is a wide band of pale orange with a line of stylized heads with towering, paddle-shaped headdresses. Restored. 123993-image-data-overwrite.json build bulk current-updates-objects1.log current-updates-objects2.log department_features.csv diff-redis-and-api.sh echo Makefile manually-added-images mappings.json node_modules nohup.out override-image-validity.csv overwrite-image-validity.sh package.json queries search.js stream-updates test-related.sh tracking update.bash update-image-for-123993-temp-2019-03-07.sh updates-2019-10-07-1570485673.txt updates-2019-10-15-1571150301.txt updates-2019-10-21-1571691698.txt updates-2019-12-17.log updates-2020-05-07-1588890797.txt updates-2020-05-11-1589235757.txt wedding-robe-titles.txt Glyphs are pseudo-glyphs — Bowl, c. 800-1200 CE
Maya

G260

Head, stone, 'Hacha' type, of hard greyish stone. Animal headress; ears pierced for rings. Mexican (Vera Cruz) cat. card dims H 9 x W 4-1/2' — Hacha, c. 600-900 CE
Nopiloa (Veracruz)

G260

Head, architectural in character, of the type known as 'Hacha'. Sharply-cut features with large nose, deep-cut eyes, and lipless mouth turned up in a grin. Large scroll forms in relief at temples and on cheek. Cap-like headdress comes forward over the brow in a large puff. — Hacha, c. 700
Totonac

G260

standing figure, heroic size; figure is bulky, with beast-like feet slightly arched, and stunted arms, the left bent, hand on stomach, the right bent up to hold a jar on the right shoulder; narrow head with long pointed chin, large hooked nose with plug, bulbous eyes, and huge round ear plugs pierced in the center; the figure wears a flat band headdress, bracelets, an epaulette on the left shoulder, and a sashed skirt with geometric patterns painted in polychrome; details of body also painted — Figure, c. 100-200
Nayarit

G260

Pot (Olla), Chorotega — Pot (Olla), c. 300 - 799 BCE
Chorotega

G260

Bird-shaped whistle-vase with a single upright spout emerging from the back and connected by a handle with the head. The eyes of the bird are painted, but the beak is modelled. Across the breast a double row of worms painted in polychrome. Highly conventionalized wings painted on each side. Tiahuanico influence. — Vessel in the Form of a Bird, c. 100 BCE - 600 CE
Nasca

G260

two panel huipil; supplementary weft patterning on red ground cloth with applied red velvet at neck opening and armholes; geometric patterns cover entire garment, primarily diamonds, chevrons and zigzags, separated by stripes of plain weave; designs in orange, yellow, lavendar, purple green, blue. — Blouse (huipil), c. 1970
Kaqchikel Maya

G260

two panels sewn together by hand; maroon ground woven with warp stripes at each selvedge (four selvedge). Bright multicolored designs of flowers, fruit, leaves, birds, fish and pairs of angels. — Woman's ceremonial tzute, c. 1980s
Kaqchikel Maya

G260

white background with black and red spots, large diamond shape in coral, pink, black, and yellow at C; red inner border with spots interlacing in diamond pattern; wide borders at short ends with red and navy blue thin stripes — Serape, c. 1900
Saltillo

G260

horizontal bands of ornate geometric patterns in coral, black, sky blue, and hunter green; some patterns resemble birds, others are floral; wider coral colored plain stripes; blue neck opening; tucked corners — Poncho, 18th century
Aymaran

G260

red textile with white pinstripe; two wider bands of black, white, green, red, blue, teal stripes along short ends — Textile, 18th century
Aymaran

G260

wide black band at center; narrow black bands at long sides; horizontal wide red and narrow white stripes; pairs of blue L shaped stitching on either side of neck opening — Poncho, 18th century
Aymaran

G260

small blanket with brown and checkered pinstripes; wider coral band down C, between two wider blue bands; coral, tan, and white borders at short ends — Textile, 18th century
Aymaran

G260

cranberry colored textile with purple, yellow, and light tan lines of varying thicknesses; tan lines have metallic thread details — Textile, 18th century
Aymaran

G260

oval face with large nose and long ears, dimple on chin; one hole at bottom of each ear; one hole at top and bottom of each side; dark green in color with brown on PL side of nose at bottom and PR upper forehead — Maskette, c. 550 - 900
Maya

G260

green stone with white veins; roughly shaped like two capital E's with vertical elements together and a vertical element extending up from top center — Inukshuk, 1995
Siamanak Kelly

G260

Ear studs, pair, of hammered and engraved gold. The concave disks iwth beaded edges are decorated with an applied motif bearing four figures. Above, a demi-god with elaborate aureole headdress riding on a bar borne by other three figures. In one hand he holds a beaker-cup; in the other a bag adorned with loose bangles. Two of the lower figures wear modified aureole headdresses and carry beakers. All are half human, half beast. The bar on which the demi-god rides is finished at the ends with demon heads. Loose bangles are variously applied in the design. The tubes of the ear studs are decorated with engraved bands of cats and birds, and soldered to the backs of discs. — Ear Spool, c. 1150-1450
Chimu

G260

owl-like rounded face, slightly flattened at bottom; pointed flattened nose; horizontal open raised slits for eyes; two arcs make up mouth; grey/tan bone with sponge-like holes — Mask, c. 1935
Inuit

G260

dark greyish-brown; slightly rounded bulbous foot; round body with low shoulder; rounded neck with slightly outward-flaring mouth; incised wave-like, curving patterns on body — Vessel, c. 1300-1600
Mississippian

G260

soft tanned hide of extreme thinness with finely cut fringe along arms, wrists, sides, bottom and V neck; back, front and arms are painted with red linear elements outlined in black; V neck is accentuated with red lines coming down from the shoulders to the point of the V; at the shoulder, on either side of the neck and on the bottom of the sides are triangular tab appendages with stepped edges and diamond shaped perforations; larger tab at back of the neck — Shirt, c. 1720-1750
Woodlands

G260

back panel carved in low relief and decorated with four blue birds, four small birds in a nest, tall twining flowering vine; small bear in LRC; brightly-colored pigments; top "handle" carved with twisted design and painted in yellow and red; footboard painted with radiating U shapes — Cradleboard, c.1850-1880
Kahnawake Mohawk

G260

patchwork shirt with skirt-like bottom section; machine sewn with horizontal multicolored bands, red and yellow saw tooth band, black and white diagonal band, red and white vertical bar bands and pink and black checkered bands; blue under arms and on shoulders; red rickrack at front opening; hook closures — Shirt, c. 1930-1940
Seminole

G260

Hodges Water Bottle, Earthenware, North America (Arkansas) — Bottle, c. 1100-1299
Caddo Mississippian

G260

rectangular lidded woven box; cover has light tone at center with two rows of purple stripes bordering wide variegated green-brown stripes at each end; box sides have central tan and brown stripe, flanked by variegated green-brown stripes and thin purple stripes; bottom of box has light tone; loose certification tag with artist's signature inside box — Glove Box, 2013
Theresa Secord

G260

blue wool with red, white and yellow stripes at long sides; edged with blue ribbon at short sides; floral beadwork at short sides; three pairs of beaded red horses edged in white along bottom — Dance blanket, c. 1900
Otoe-Missouria

G260

Jar, aryballos type, with two handles near base. A diminutive animal head in relief appears at the base of the neck. The front of the body is decorated with vertical panels separated by narrow bands, painted with lozenge and sawtooth motifs in red, black, mauve and white. The flaring neck is painted with horizontal bands of elongated lozenges in red and black, and under the rim is a border of reciprocal sawtooth pattern in the same colors. The back of the jar is painted brick red with a band of interlocking 'X' forms extending half-way around the shoulders. Aryballos (MWS) — Vessel, 15th century
Inca

G260

Two-panel huipil; full brocade in horizontal geometric patterns; supplementary weft patterning on sholders; Magenta ground cloth with patterning in many colors; design of flowers fruit, birds, and foliage in blue, rose, yellow and black; blue velvet edges the neckline and armholes. Textile - Woven Fabirc — Blouse (huipil), c. 1980
Kaqchikel Maya

G260

Breast Plaque of beaten gold. Three breast motifs. From Sona region of Veraguas Province, Panama. — Breast Plaque, c. 800 - 1400 CE
Veraguas

G260

Boomin' Out, 2015

Carla Hemlock

G260

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