Mexican Native American Art & Pottery Photos

The several Pre-Columbian native populations who inhabited the land of Mexico (Teotihuacan, Aztec, Colima, Mayan, etc.) left a legacy of carvings, pottery & other artwork.

See also: Mexico, Native American Arts
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Pyramid of Sun at Teotihuacán. Mexico Teotihuacán

Sculptural figures on Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacán. Mexico

Detail of a serpent sculpture on Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacán. Mexico

Detail of a fanged mask sculpture on Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacán. Mexico

Reproduction of temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacán at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican Teotihuacán culture ceramic mask depicting old deity of fire (450-750) at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Mexican Teotihuacán culture pyrite mirror with jade jaguar mosaic (500-600) at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Mexican Teotihuacán culture mural fragment of priest (600-750) at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

La Gallina bird pottery in Sala De Teotihuacán at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Teotihuacán ceramic censer with face of deceased person (400-650) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Aztec calendar stone (aka Piedra del Sol), symbol of Mexico, at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Ceramic vulture vessel of Aztec, Mexico (14th-16th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Aztec ceramic man as Xipe Totec (1400-1521) in native American gallery at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Colima culture terracotta pumpkin vessel with parrot feet (300BC-600AD) from western Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA

Colima ceramic male figure (200 BCE - 400) from Mexico at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA

Colima ceramic acrobat (200 BCE - 400) from Mexico at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA

Colima Mexico: early-American pottery vessel in form of acrobat (c 200 BCE- 300 CE) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Mexican Colima-culture ceramic dog effigy (200 BCE-500) at LA County Natural History Museum. Los Angeles, CA

Colima Mexico: early-American pottery vessel of two joined frogs (c 200 BCE- 300 CE) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Colima pottery man & woman on bench (200BCE-500) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Pyramid of Kukulkán or El Castillo as seen from Ball Court in Chichén Itzá. Mexico Chichén Itzá

Chac-mool in Temple of Warriors has bowl on tummy to hold sacrificed body parts at Chichén Itzá. Mexico

Sacrificial altar in Temple of Warriors at Chichén Itzá. Mexico

Two large stone serpents guard Temple of Warriors at Chichén Itzá. Mexico

Detail of double-headed jaguar at Uxmal. Mexico

Temple of Magician, a smaller copy of Governor's Palace, in Uxmal. Mexico Uxmal

Rattlesnake sculpture in Uxmal winds its way around a building in Nunnery Quadrant & finds its tail again. Mexico

Mayan pottery vase of two young lords (600-900) from Campeche, Mexico at Utah Museum of Fine Art. Salt Lake City, UT

Maya culture terracotta beaker with dancing death figures (600-900) from Guatemala at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA

Maya culture terracotta lidded bowl with water bird fishing (200-600) from Campeche, Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA

Mayan pottery bowl with glyphs (600-900) from Petén, Guatemala at Utah Museum of Fine Art. Salt Lake City, UT

Mayan ceramic plate painted with maize god (600-900) from Guatemala at LA County Natural History Museum. Los Angeles, CA

Huastec culture terracotta vessel in form of animal (900-1200) from Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA

Jalisco Mexico: early-American Ameca gray style pottery vessel in form crouching man (c 200 BCE- 300 CE) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Ceramic vulture bowl of Isla de Sacrificios, Mexico (13th-15th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Oaxacan ceramic censer depicting Tlaloc god of rain & lightning (1200-1400) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA

Pre-Columbian pottery at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Jade funerary mask at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Skeleton sculpture from Oaxaca at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Carved stone sculpture at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Ceramic bird-headed figure whistle of Veracruz, Mexico (8th-9th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Water-goddess Chalchiuhtlicue sculpture at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico

Sculpture outside of Museo Nacional de Antropologia. Mexico City, Mexico

Massive Olmec stone head at National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico


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