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Research from Ancient American Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Gallery view with a glass and wood display case in the foreground.
Library and Archive
The Robert Goldwater Library and The Visual Resource Archive
The Robert Goldwater Library is a noncirculating research library dedicated to the documentation of the visual arts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and Native and Precolumbian America.

Essays

Orange, pumpkin-shaped vessel with two spouts
Containing the Divine: Peru
Containing the Divine: Peru is on view in the Great Hall Balcony from May 25, 2022 to September 29, 2023.
Hugo C. Ikehara–Tsukayama and Joanne Pillsbury
May 26, 2022
Orange, pumpkin-shaped vessel with two spouts
Conteniendo lo divino: Perú
Hace cuatro mil años, artistas de la región andina de Sudamérica empezaron a transformar un material ubicuo —arcilla— en vasijas.
Hugo C. Ikehara–Tsukayama and Joanne Pillsbury
May 26, 2022