Images

A Maya stela (no. 8) from Naranjo documenting the reign of King Itzamnaaj K'awiil. Mid-8th century CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A unglazed ceramic horse from the Tang Dynasty. China, 8th century CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A ceramic vessel in the form of a standing figure. Nazca, Peru, c. 100-300 CE. The figure has face paint as worn in Nazca harvest rituals. In his right hand he holds a jicama plant and in his left a cassava plant. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri...

A fragment of a fresco from Teotihuacan depicting a nobleman. Mexico, c. 500-550 CE. The figure carries an incense bag. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A Chiriqui gold pendant in the form of a frog. Costa Rica, 1300-1500 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

A Maya tripod marble vessel. Travesia, Cortés, Honduras, 600-909 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

An Aztec spouted jug. Mexico, 1450-1521 CE. (St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri)

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)