LACMA Pre-Columbian Ceramics Photos

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has a significant collection of ceramics by early natives of Mexico & Peru.

See also: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Latin American pre-Columbian Native ceramics gallery with freeform cases by Jorge Pardo (2008) at LACMA.

Latin American pre-Columbian Native ceramics gallery with freeform cases by Jorge Pardo (2008) at LACMA.

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

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

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

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

Guatemalan ceramic vessel with head of deity (900-1200) at LACMA.

Columbian ceramic male figure with headdress (1000-1400) at LACMA.

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

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

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


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