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Bright gallery with white pedestals showcasing a variety of stone statues and objects in glass cases.
Special Installation

Arts of the Ancient Americas

OverviewExhibition ObjectsAudio GuideRelated ContentInside the ExhibitionDentro de la exposiciónRedesigned Galleries
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal standing in front of a female sculpture in the Ancient Americas galleries of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Exhibition Tour—Arts of the Ancient Americas

Celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.

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Articles, Audio, and Video

Florencio Delgado Espinoza gazes at the seated elder statue in the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries.
Audio
Examining a Figure of Power with Florencio Delgado Espinoza
Florencio Delgado Espinoza takes a close look at a large La Tolita-Tumaco figurine depicting an elder, also called a cacique, in a seated position.
December 4, 2025
Scenic landscape with low green scrub and brush against blue-gray mountains cast in sunlight and shadows.
A Song of the Stone
Celebrated composer Gabriela Ortiz sets her latest vocal work to a new Nahuatl poem to mark the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Emery Kerekes
November 6, 2025
Two conservators working on preparing a Wari Feathered Panel for installation against a backdrop of checkered yellow and blue panels.
Video
Installing the Wari Feathered Panels, 600–900 CE
Join scholar Carol Rodríguez and conservator Christine Giuntini in an exploration of the Wari Feathered Panels in the renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
October 3, 2025
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Essays

Carved feathered serpent pendant made from conch shell
The Use of Mollusk Shells in the Americas Before the Sixteenth Century
Mollusk shells were transported as precious materials throughout the Americas and used to craft objects for religious activity and personal adornment.
Adrián Velázquez Castro
February 24
Carved feathered serpent pendant made from conch shell
El uso de los caparazones de moluscos en América antes del siglo XVI
Más allá del valor alimenticio de estas criaturas, en la antigüedad los caparazones de moluscos se empleaban para producir objetos de adorno personal y para actividades religiosas.
Adrián Velázquez Castro
February 24
Bare-chested female ceramic figure wearing a multistrand necklace with a sizable pendant and a decorated head cover.
Representaciones del poder en el pasado de la costa del Ecuador
Los arqueólogos reconocen múltiples tradiciones culturales en la costa del Ecuador durante el período entre el 300 a.e.c. y el 600 e.c.
Florencio Delgado Espinoza
September 17, 2025
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