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Art of the Ancient Americas

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Art of the Ancient Americas was one of the earliest collecting areas adopted by the Polk Museum of Art. Initiated by a major gift from Winter Haven collectors Dr. David and Lucia Taxdal, this collection now features artifacts from many cultural groups in present-day Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. The objects date from c. 800 BCE to c. 1500 CE and include ceramics, textiles, stone carvings, and precious metal pieces. Hallmark objects are a male effigy figure from the Remojades area of Veracruz, a polychrome jaguar vessel from Costa Rica, and a Moche effigy vessel from Peru. A majority of the museum's Art of the Ancient Americas collection is on permanent display in the museum's Taxdal Gallery.

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Seated Doll Whistle Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Seated Doll Whistle Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Guanacaste-Nicoya, 800-1200 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Hollow Whistle Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Hollow Whistle Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Nicoya Region, c. 400 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Mortar and Pestle
Jan 25, 2022
Mortar and Pestle
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Central Highlands/ Atlantic Watershed, 850-1502 CE

Volcanic stone

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Seated Male Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Seated Male Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexican, Veracruz, 500-700 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Beaker with Sacrifice Scene
Jan 25, 2022
Beaker with Sacrifice Scene
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mayan, Guatemala (Northern Lowlands), 800 - 1000 CE

Redware ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Rattle in Turtle Form
Jan 25, 2022
Rattle in Turtle Form
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mayan, Guatemala, 500 BCE - 300 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Seated Female Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Seated Female Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), 200 BCE - 600 CE

Redware ceramic

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Recumbent Female Figure on Pallet
Jan 25, 2022
Recumbent Female Figure on Pallet
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), 200 BCE - 600 CE

Ceramic with burnished slip

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Scraper
Jan 25, 2022
Scraper
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Guanacaste-Nicoya (North Alejuela Zone), c. 700 CE

Stone

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Cleaver
Jan 25, 2022
Cleaver
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Guanacaste-Nicoya (North Alejuela Zone), n.d.

Stone

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Midwife Attending a Pregnancy
Jan 25, 2022
Midwife Attending a Pregnancy
Jan 25, 2022

Artist unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), n.d.

Ceramic

Gift of the Estate of Col. Leroy and Mrs. Roan Nigra

Jan 25, 2022
Female Figure with Infant
Jan 25, 2022
Female Figure with Infant
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), n.d.

Ceramic

Gift of the Estate of Col. Leroy and Mrs. Roan Nigra

Jan 25, 2022
Male Figure with Infant
Jan 25, 2022
Male Figure with Infant
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), n.d.

Ceramic

Gift of the Estate of Col. Leroy and Mrs. Roan Nigra

Jan 25, 2022
Stamp with Image of Three Dancers
Jan 25, 2022
Stamp with Image of Three Dancers
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico, n.d.

Ceramic

Gift of Seymour Rosenberg

Jan 25, 2022
Smoking Pipe with Single Stem
Jan 25, 2022
Smoking Pipe with Single Stem
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica (Atlantic Watershed), 1 - 500 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Seymour Rosenberg

Jan 25, 2022
Xipe Totec Priest Wearing Flayed Skin
Jan 25, 2022
Xipe Totec Priest Wearing Flayed Skin
Jan 25, 2022

Artist Unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexican (Remojadas), Veracruz, 500 - 700 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Robert & Ursula Conrad

Jan 25, 2022
Inca Dyed Wool Poncho
Jan 25, 2022
Inca Dyed Wool Poncho
Jan 25, 2022

Artist unknown, Pre-Columbian, Peru (Incan), 1200 - 1500 AD

Wool

Gift of Dr. David & Mrs. Lucia Taxdal

Jan 25, 2022
Teotihuacan Dancing Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Teotihuacan Dancing Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist unknown, Pre-Columbian, ca 300 CE

Gift of William F. Larsen

Jan 25, 2022
Canine Effigy
Jan 25, 2022
Canine Effigy
Jan 25, 2022

Artist unknown, Pre-Columbian, Mexico (Colima), 200 BCE - 200 CE

Ceramic

Gift of the Estate of Col. Leroy and Mrs. Roan Nigra

Jan 25, 2022
Small Figure
Jan 25, 2022
Small Figure
Jan 25, 2022

Artist unknown, Pre-Columbian, Totonac (Mexico), 1200 - 1500 CE

Ceramic

Gift of Lynn & Bill Bringham

Jan 25, 2022
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The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art

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