Images

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)

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)