Gallery

1. UNKNOWN MEXICO

Female Figure

2. ANCIENT WEST MEXICO

Inset map of North and Central America

Detail map of area covered in the exhibition

Pastel rendering of a scene in the Sierra Madres

Mushroom-Headed Figure

Four figurines

Spouted Vessels

Ceramic Hollow Dog

Human Figure

Seated Figure

3. CHUPICUARO BURIAL-I

Burnished bowl with human face

Painted bowl with animal face

Painted bowl with human face

Shoe-shaped Vessels (Patojos)

4. CHUPICUARO BURIAL--II

Two Ceramic Figurines

Four small clay figures

Animal figurines

Small human figures

Vessels in human shape

Small human figure

Bird-shaped vessels

5. CHUPICUARO LIFE

Group of figurines

Family of Figurines

Two painted vessels

Tripod bowl

Three polychrome bowls

Three vessels

Vessels with animal shape

6. CARL LUMHOLTZ: NATURALIST, HUMANIST

Carl Lumholtz (frontispiece portrait)

An explorer and his mule

Map of region covered by Lumholtz' in his travels

El Mexico Desconocido

7. THE SHAFT-TOMB ARC

Map of Shaft Tomb arc

Colima. Ceramic hollow dog.

Colima. Seated shaman.

Colima. Bearers carrying palanquin.

8. SHAFT TOMB CULTURES AND STYLES

Zacatecas seated male figure

Nayarit. Chinesco seated figure.

Colima. Gadrooned bowl with parrot legs.

Colima. Red figurine carrying burden.

Colima. Hunchbacked dwarf.

Colima. Figurines with child.

9. SHAFT TOMB CONSTRUC-TION

Drawing, Docent Notes

The Delgado tomb

The Disselhof tomb

El Arenal, by Nuñez

10. AN INTERPRETIVE DRAWING

Reconstructed Grave

11. INTERPRETIVE MODEL OF A SHAFT TOMB

Tomb

12. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND DISHES FOR THE DEAD

Colima. Flutes, ocarina, whistles.

Colima. Musicians.

Nayarit. Amapa bowls.

Nayarit. Eight bowls.

Nayarit. Two bowls.

Ink-drawing of an Amapa bowl

13. TOMB GUARDIANS

Colima. Warrior with sling.

Nayarit. Warrior figure with stick.

Nayarit. Standing couple.

Nayarit (Ixtlan del Rio). Seated couple.

14. THE TARASCAN EMPIRE

The region of Lake Patzcuaro

Yacata. Line drawing.

Stirrup bowl. Line drawing.

Olla with painted designs

Stirrup Vessels

Striped Vessels

15. TARASCAN OBJECTS

Tripod bowls

Three little bowls with designs

Copper bell chain

16. TARASCAN TOOLS

Axe, tweezers, needles

Line drawing of axes

Line drawing of tweezers

Obsidian core and blades

Grave goods

Clay Pipes

17. 20TH CENTURY WEST MEXICAN FOLK ART

Wolf mask

Clay devils

Negrito dance

Animals with human spirits

18. HUICHOL CRAFTS

Huichol yarn painting

Shaman's hat

Jalisco. Sash.

Pouch belt, shoulder bag

Shaman's mask decorated with yarn painting

19. HUICHOL YARN PAINTINGS

Yarn painting

20. The Art of West Mexico

Colima. Mother and child figurine.

Three Clay Vessels

Lacquerware plate

Beaded Plate with Birds

Beaded Bowl

Vessels with Painted Birds

Long-necked Tarascan Vessel

Old and New Tarascan stirrup vessels

Squash-shaped Vessel

Three Vessels

Two Burnished Clay Vessels

Squash-shaped Vessel