Pre-Columbian Art: Works in Exhibition

Seated Man with Drum, Sculpture, 3 1/2 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Standing Male Figure Holding Shield and Club, Sculpture, 4 3/4 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Standing Female Figure with Child on Back, Sculpture, 3 7/8 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Whistle Showing Tiger Diety Devouring Man, 5 1/8 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Hacha, 13 1/4 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Standing Male Figure, Copper, 2 7/8 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Incense burner, sculptured relief figure at front, 16 1/2 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Vessel in the form of a Coatimundi, 9 inches long, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Hacha in the form of a Young Deer, 8 1/2 inches high, Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Aztec Miniature Vessels, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Brazier, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Tripod Grater Bowl, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Stone Figure of Jaguar, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

“Padlock” Stone, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Effigy Vessel, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Beaker, Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Seated Joined Male-Female Pair, Painted terra cotta, 14 inches tall, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Painted Mayan Plate, 10 1/2 inches diameter, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Buff Mayan Tripod Plate, 13 1/2 inches diameter, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Pulque Drinker, Painted terra cotta, 12 1/4 inches tall, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Female, Head on Chin, Terra cotta, 9 inches tall, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Coatimundi (Head) Vessel, Black terra cotta, 6 3/4 inches long, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Painted Mayan Cylindrical Vessel, 6 1/2 inches high, 5 inch diameter, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Female Curiously Abstracted, Painted terra cotta, 6 1/4 inches high, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Standing Warrior with Shield, Painted terra cotta, 7 inches high, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Figure, Painted terra cotta, 7 3/4 inches high, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Dance Group - 15 Figures, Buff terra cotta, 9 1/2 inches diameter, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Male, Arms on Knees, Terra cotta, 16 1/2 inches tall, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Seated Male, Painted terra cotta, 18 inches tall, Courtesy of Ann McNear.

Coastal Tiahuanaco Sash End 8, 14 x 6 1/2 inches, Courtesy of Ann McNear. Deeply fringed with a warrior head in profile, a supplementary head emerges from the neck. Warp weave in blue, rose green on a gold ground.

Coast Chimu Peru Gauze Fragment 12, 19 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches, Courtesy of Ann McNear. Greenish-blue gauze with aline of birds brocaded in tan, brown nd red cross the lower part. Both warp and weft threads are twisted in the base fabric.

Chimu Brocade Panel with Tapestry Stripes 2, 16 1/4 x 14 inches, Courtesy of Ann McNear. Central band of crimson with human figure. At top and bottom are narrow bands with similar little men in a row. This piece is unusual in that it cons.

Late Chimu Fragment 13, 14 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, Courtesy of Ann McNear. Tapestry, black ground with rows of pelicans in red, blue, tan and white. Tapestry weave in wool. Cotton warp.

Standing Celt-like Figure, Green metadiorite, 7 1/2 inches tall, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Abstract Carving, Green stone, 5 1/4 inches long, 4 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Two Seated Figures, Painted terra cotta, 4 1/4 inches high, 3 1/2 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Standing Mother with Baby on Back, Buff terra cotta, 4 1/4 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Two Heads, 2 toothless fire-gods, buff terra cotta and reddish terra cotta, 5 inches high, 4 1/2 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

House, Five Figures and Dog, Painted terra cotta, 8 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Hacha, Puffed Cheek Style, Stone, 9 inches high, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.

Mask, Mottled stone, 6 1/2 inches high and 7 3/4 inches wide, Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Goldsmith.