GET SMART WITH ART

7th grade: Art of Africa and/or Mesoamerica

Antelope Headdress (1900/2000) by Bamana Peoplede Young museum

Africa

Figure of ancestor or deity, Dogon People, ca. 1027-1209, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Plaque, girl with leopard, Edo People, ca. 1600, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Nail and blade oath-taking figure, Kongo People, 19th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Ceremonial trumpet for a paramount chief, 19th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Reliquary figure, Sango People, Early 20th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Scale, scoop, and spoon for gold dust, Akan People, 20th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Divination bowl, Osogbo people, 1900/2000, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Antelope Headdress, Bamana People, 1900/2000, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Standing female figure, Asante People, 1900/2000, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Dog scratching its head (200 BCE - AD 200) by Colimade Young museum

Mesoamerica

Mask, Olmec, 900-400 BCE, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Dog scratching its head, Colima, 200 BCE - AD 200, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Incensario lid with figure wearing elaborate headdress, Tiquisate, Teotihuacan, 300-700, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Mural fragment (Feathered Serpent headdress figure and maguey bundle), Techinantitla, Teotihuacan, 6th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Mural fragment (Feathered Serpent and flowering trees), Techinantitla, Teotihuacan, 6th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Female dignitary in form of whistle, Maya, 600-900, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Vessel, Maya, 8th century AD, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Stela with Queen Ix Mutal Ahaw, 0761, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Mask, Aztec, 1350-1521, From the collection of: de Young museum
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Rubbing from the Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza, Merle Greene Robertson, Mid-20th century, From the collection of: de Young museum
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