Images

A double-chambered vessel with figured handle. Zapotec civilization, 300 BCE-300 CE, Mexico. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A decorated plate from the Mixteca-Puebla region of Mesoamerica. 1350-1500 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A ceramic vessel with painted scenes of Maya players of the Mesoamerican ballgame. Guatemala, 700-800 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A ceramic figure-vessel representing a priest of the Zapotec civilization. Oaxaca, Mexico, 250-600 CE. The figure wears a mask, feathered headdress, and a medallion which represents a maize field. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A ceramic vessel in the form of a seated figure from the Zapotec civilization. Oaxaca, Mexico, 250-600 CE. The figure's jewellery and filed front teeth indicate a high social status. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A stone mask from Teotihuacan, 250-600 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A painted ceramic incense burner from Teotihuacan, c. 350-450 CE. It is decorated with feather shields, birds, and butterflies in ceramic. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A Maya diving figure from a lid of a ceramic vessel. Mexico, c. 1000-1100 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A basalt brazier in the form of the Teotihuacan Old God. Teotihuacan, Early Classic Period, c. 400-500 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A Maya incense burner in the form of Itzamnaaj. The god wears a costume with feline headdress. Painted ceramic, c. 1200-1521, Peten, Guatemala (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)