“Tripod Plate with Mythical Bird,” Maya, 600-750 CE, Campeche, Mexico, Earthenware with slip paint, 3 7/8 × 12 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
“Bowl with Killer Whales and Trophy Heads,” Nasca, Phase 2 or 3, 1-350 CE, South coast, Peru, Earthenware with slip paint, 6 × 12 1/8 × 12 1/8 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
“Frog Effigy Pendant,” Diquís, Gran Chiriquí, or Gran Coclé, Period VI, 700-1550 CE,
Costa Rica-Panama, Gold alloy, 1 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
“Male Warrior Effigy Figure,” Remojadas , Classic Period, 200-800 CE , Mexico (Veracruz), Earthenware with traces of black resin paint, 28 3/4 × 13 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. Museum Purchase Funded by Arthur I. Appleton.
“Effigy Censer Lid,” Maya, Early Classic Period, 250-550 CE, Guatemala , Earthenware with pigment and mica , 16 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 13 in. Museum purchase.
The museum’s outstanding collection of pre-Columbian objects from throughout Mexico, Central, and South America has attracted international attention from noted researchers. The collection includes artworks from cultures such as the Maya, Wari, Moche, Veracruz and Chimú, and contains a broad selection of ceramics, bowls, gold and precious jade items.