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Plaque
Maya
700‒900 CE

Stone Animal Figure
Mezcala (?)
1st–8th century

Apothecary Jar
Mexican
ca. 1750–1800

Facts for Two Authenticities
José Luis Cuevas
1978

Ancestor emerging from a flower
Maya
7th–9th century

Labret
Mexico (Hill of Texcotzingo)

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Seated female figure
Nayarit artist(s)
100–400 CE

Teacher, you are not alone; a schoolteacher surrounded by four assailants, one of whom holds a gun

Leopoldo Méndez

1939

Accident (El Accidente), plate 7 from "25 prints of Leopoldo Méndez"
Leopoldo Méndez
1943

Figure
Chupicuaro
3rd century BCE–4th century CE

Stone Pulidor
Mexican
before 16th century

Pottery Rattle (and Whistle?)
Mexican
19th century

Broadside 'Calaveras unite': many small skeletons identified by names some engaged in raising a huge skeleton using a pulley
Ignacio Aguirre
1938

Cover for "Los Chascos de Bato y Bras o una Eccena Divertida"
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1891

Bowl
Olmec
12th–9th century BCE

Standing Figure
Colima
2nd century BCE–3rd century CE

Mask
Probably Mixtec (Ñudzavui)
1200–1521 CE

Standing Ceramic Winged Figure
Remojadas
6th–9th century

Man trying to rob a child

Manuel Manilla

ca. 1880–1895

A man holding a flyer, other reading posters on walls, representing the 'People's Manifesto (Manifesto al pueblo), on the verso, letterpress welcoming all the delgates to the first congress of the confederation of Mexican workers

Leopoldo Méndez

1938

Mold for Face with Cast
Mexican
500–1500

Tragic play 'Cuauhtémoc' with illustrations by Rivera

Joaquin Méndez Rivas

1925

Stone Pulidor
Mexican
before 16th century

Rats marked with the Nazi Swastika devouring books, the padlocked 'Escuela Normal' at the right
Alfredo Zalce
1943

People talking to a shop vendor at a dry goods counter, illustration for 'Don Bullebulle'
Gabriel Vicente Gahona (Picheta)
ca. 1847 (impression printed 1944)

Pottery Whistle
Mexican
14th–16th century?

Grasping Hands, from "10 grabados en madera"
Isidoro Ocampo, Mexican
1941 (published 1948)

The devil's dance, a man and woman wearing costumes and masks dancing
Alfredo Zalce
1943

Rowel Spur (Left)
Mexican
18th century

Plaque
Maya
200–700 CE (initial fabrication)

Poster relating to protestors in Mérida assassinate on the order of the state governor
Isidoro Ocampo, Mexican
1938

Celt
Mexican
before 16th century

Pages 1, 2, 7 and 8 of an eight page broadsheet 'Calaveras aftosas con medias naylon' (Hoof and Mouth Skeletons with Nylon Stockings) addressing imperialism with images of 'calaveras' accompanied by 'corridos' (ballads); on the first page, a calavera cow with foot and mouth disease in nylon stockings refering to the contamination of milk

José Chávez Morado

1947

Miniature Stone Metate
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Male Figure
Chupicuaro
3rd century BCE–4th century CE

Two men in costume and wearing masks from Huixquilucan at the fiesta of the Huehuenches, from the portfolio 'Carnival in Mexico'
Carlos Mérida
1940

Hugo Brehme

1920s

A woman with tousled hair
José Clemente Orozco
1944

Figure
Veracruz
7th–10th century