AIC: Arts of the Americas (Bot)

Gift of Esther Sparks Sprague

Tobacco Bag https://www.artic.edu/artworks/229817/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Miniature Jar with a Single Spout Depicting an Abstract Figure https://www.artic.edu/artworks/90881/

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

Miniature Figure of a Standing Deer https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120369/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Stirrup-Spout Vessel https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91531/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Curving Beaker with Rows of Abstract Human Faces https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91281/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Holding a Staff and a Trophy Head https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91319/

Gift of Sylvia Coppersmith

Figurine https://www.artic.edu/artworks/107294/

In central and southern coastal Peru, archaeologists have unearthed a variety of weaving tools and work baskets. These are often found in women’s burials, which suggests that spinning yarn and weaving textiles were the domain of women. This basket was probably made for a weaver to hold tools used in making textiles, such as needle cases, needles, spindles, and combs. Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Work Basket https://www.artic.edu/artworks/85586/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Miniature Stirrup Spout Vessel with Incised Hatched Motif https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91528/

Gift of David and Julia Loebel

Drinking Vessel (Kero) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/3619/

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith

Figure Carried in a Litter https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120420/

Bequest of Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum

Peru - Machu Picchu, Morning Light https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158749/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Vessel Depicting a Winged Figure Holding a Decapitated Head https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91386/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

Mask https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6235/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Spout Vessel with Skeletal, Tatooed Figure Attached to Handle https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91564/

S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

Bowl with Repeating Depiction of a Fish or Shark https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4772/

Gift of F. Louis Hoover

Mola https://www.artic.edu/artworks/33998/

Restricted gift of the Textile Society

Woman's Mantle (Iskallu) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/61685/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Jar in the Form of a Human Head with Face Painting and Bound Lips https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91246/

Gift of Avrina Pugh

Woman's Mantle (Llijlla) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/37225/

S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

Collared Jar Depicting Costumed Ritual Performer Holding Checkerboard Staff https://www.artic.edu/artworks/4805/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

Fragment of a Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Warrior https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8875/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Bean Warrior Motif https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8937/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Double Spout Vessel Depicting Hummingbirds https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91366/

Gift of F. Louis Hoover

Mola https://www.artic.edu/artworks/32675/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Jar in the Form of a Standing Figure https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91644/

This fragment, constructed with single interlocking warps and wefts, is composed of a pattern of over 20 step-frets rendered in 14 different colors. Nazca weavers are known for the wide range of colors employed in the production of their textiles. They achieved the various colors through dyeing and naturally colored yarns and by plying two different yarns together in order to produce additional colors. The irregularity of the pattern of the step frets displayed on this fragment may not reflect the original configuration of the design, as it may have been altered at a later date. Restricted gift of Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp

Panel Fragment https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2061/

Images of birds are often presented in polychrome ceramics and textiles created by Nazca artists. the birds depicted in this panel are delicately rendered in white outlining and colored highlights, with embroidery reminiscent of earlier Paracas needlework. In their beaks, they carry various flora along with crustaceans, fish, insects, snakes, spiders, and worms. The design may have deeper meaning, using the food chain as a metaphor for transformation. There is a group of several similar examples of embroidered birds of Nazca origin, often referred to as samplers. Some scholars theorize that these works relate to a specific workshop or are evidence of strict guidelines and regulations for production. Restricted gift of Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp

Sampler https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2059/

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Vessel Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91393/

Gift of Nathan Cummings

Double-Spouted Orangeware Bottle https://www.artic.edu/artworks/124483/