Art 4201 Studyguide 6: Meso- and Central America (Part 1)

ABW pp. 258-79; NWA pp. 168-93

 

 

 

3 Maps  

(South American works at the Carlos)

Anthropomorphic burial urn. No. Andes: Colombia. 500BCE-100. ceramic. 24 X 12” Carlos

Female figure w. headdress. No. Andes: Ecuador. 300-600. ceramic. 155 ¾” H Carlos

Miniature silver burial  offerings. C. Andes: Peru. Chimú-Inca. 1000-1600. Bedroll, pillow, brazier, spoons, spear thrower, flute, panpipes, squash, tree w. fruit, beakers.  Carlos.

Tumi.  Wide-blade knife w. llama head. So. Andes. Late Horizon. 1438-1534. bronze. 5 5/16” Carlos

Paccha  ritual watering vessel. C. Andes. Inca 1438-1534. ceramic. 13 ½” H Carlos

Female effigy. C. Andes. Chancay. Late Intermediate period. 1000-1470. Ceramic. 18 ½” Carlos.

openwork headcloth, So. America. Carlos Earspools. So. America. 1000-1470. Carlos

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OLMEC
Colossal  stone heads.1200-900 BCE.  7-9’ H. Basalt. ABW 7.11 (7)
Seated Jaguar. 1200-900 BCE. Basalt. 35 ½” H. AATW5.1 Olmec jade funerary mask

Kunz axe. C.1000 BCE. Jade. 1”H.   ABW. 7.13

Similar work. aat 14.2

Snarling or weeping child or man.

Olmec standing figure
Confrontation group, fr. LaVenta another view
Seated figure holding infant. 900-500BCE. Serpentine. 4 3/8” H. NWA 80 . 2 views Sim. Figure w. rain deity, but monumental in size. 55”H. greenstone. Las Limas
Zapotec. Seated figurine/tomb guardian. Incised greenstone. 300BCE-700CE.

LA VENTA

reconstruction ABW 7.12 plan
Relief: mythic serpent and figure with jaguar mask. Basalt. 36”H Sculpted Monolithic altar/throne w. mythic figure/ruler emerging from cave niche holding a rope; sky band on top. 63”H. 3 views
Monte Albán. Oaxaca. 1-900
ruins plan

slab w. geneology

stele fr.  north platform

Stele 4: standing ruler, glyph Stele 4: standing ruler, glyph
Zapotec Stele 2: bound captive dressed as jaguar. 53 "H dancing figures (danzantes)
Ball court Ball player (copy)
Nayarit  
model of ball court. NWA81  model ball game
couple seated pair, Carlos 60
Maya Lord. Fr. Tabasco, 6th C. wood w. hematite pigment. 14” H. AAT W5.9 drinker. copy

Oaxaca masked goddess, fr. Monte Alban

Zapotec figure of Zipe Totec
Rain God fr. San Jose el Majore

Water Goddess or Tlaloc

Oaxaca Rain God, c. 1500

MAYA

 

PALENQUE  
Palenque, Chiapas. Palace complex from SW. 670-80 aerial view.  14.5 Plan
ground level view. ABW 7.14 tomb pyramid, distant view

Palenque. Temple of Inscriptions/Tomb of Lord Pacal.  670-80. see. 7.14

 Palenque. Tomb Pyramid.  see. 7.14

Madrid stele

Talud-Tablero construction. AAT W5.5

Palenque Palace; carved tablet: captives.

Palace Tablet, Palenque. 702. limestone. NWA 86

talud relief: bound captives

talud relief: bound captives

Lord Pacal: Stucco head. Fr. Tomb.

3 more views.

Temple of Inscriptions: Sarcophagus lid: Lord Pacal. 680. 12’2” X 7’ ABW 7.16

Line drawing of sarcophagus lid.

Tikal

 Plan of central complex

reconstruction, twin pyramid complex

Tikal Acropolis. AAT W5.13

Tikal. Temple of the Giant Jaguar. 8th C. ABW. 7.17 NWA 85.

Another view.

Maya Hieroglyphs. Inscription fr. Linte, Tikal: Temple IV. 741.  wood. 19”H ABW 7.15

Leiden plate: Maya calendar.  Jade. 8 ½”H. 300BCE-250CE. AAT W5.8

Tikal: Stela 31: warrior in Teotihuacán costume. NWA 84 stele 31
Kaminaljuyu: Stela 19. 300-100BCE. 43”H. Tikal stele  16

Relief panel fr. Yaxchilan palace, Chiapas. C. 750. Shield Jaguar, Ruler,  w. torch, wife pulls thorny rope through tongue: bloodletting ritual. 14.12

relief fr. Guatemala. Warrior in costume.  AATw.5.7

Yaxchilan relief: Invocation of royal ancestor/vision

Yaxchilan: investiture