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Mask
Olmec
900–400 BCE

Crayfish Vessel
Colima
200 BCE–300 CE

King Jaguar Bird Tapir
Maya
early 7th century

Skeleton standing with his arms raised
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910

Broadsheet relating to a news story about the cause of a flood in Guanajuato, townspeople drowning
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1905

Fragmentary Smiling Figure
Remojadas
6th–9th century

A revolutionary holding a rifle and kneeling to protect a fallen revolutionary
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910

Earflare
Mexican
before 16th century

Acrobat Vessel
Colima
2nd century BCE–3rd century CE

Bowl
Mexican
1875–1900

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters / stories (number 12)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1898

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Shawl (Rebozo)
Mexico
late 18th century

Female Figure
Huastec
1200–1521 CE

Miniature Stone Vase
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Elegantly dressed male and female skeletons arm in arm (vignette for the feast of the dead)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1894

Polishing Stone (pulidor)
Mexican
before 16th century

Spindle Whorl
Mexican
10th–early 16th century

Broadsheet relating to the execution of Arnulfo Villegas in the Belen prison on 12 February 1908
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1908

Tubular Bead
Maya
before 16th century

Broadsheet relating to seven men being executed by a firing squad on 19 November 1902 on account of their murder on July 9 of the entire household of Sr Remmett in Toluca
José Guadalupe Posada
1902

A clenched fist with the words 'Director del la Pueblo', from the newspaper l 'El Machete'
David Alfaro Siqueiros
1924

Glyph block
Maya
7th–8th century

Poster advertising courses that could be taken at the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia & Historia (Mexico City) in Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics, Museography etc. Image of stylized Maya head upper left.
Talleres Gráficos, Mexico City
Ca. 1940–45

Spindle Whorl
Mexican
10th–early 16th century

The flag bearer
José Clemente Orozco
1928

Bowl
Teotihuacan
3rd–4th century

Cover for 'Oraculo Mignon', a witch brewing a potion in a cauldron
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910

Saint Paul standing, facing left
Santiago Alvarez
1862 [reprinted 1938]

Broadside about a brave man from the west coast of Mexico, who is shown walking down a street wearing a sombrero
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1899

Solitude (Soledad), plate 5 from "Hidden River" (Río Escondido)
Leopoldo Méndez
1948

A naked young man standing, his left hand leaning on a block, holding a statue of Victory in his right
Miguel Portillo
1860s [reprinted 1938]

A man and woman viewed from behind, he holds a cape and a broad-rimmed hat
Antonio Orellana
1861 [reprinted 1938]

Barrel
Mexican
1750–80

Christ on the Cross flanked by two vases holding flowers
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910

Stone Bowl
Mexican
before 16th century

Two men leaning on a barrel and drinking
José Guadalupe Posada
ca 1890–1910

Female Figure
Tlatilco
10th century BCE

Bottle
Tlatilco
12th–9th century BCE

The Peoples Revenge (La Venganza de los Pueblos), plate 25 from "25 prints of Leopoldo Méndez"
Leopoldo Méndez
1943