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American Indian cult object. Person or demon with body paint and feather.
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American Indian cult object. Person or demon with body paint and feat...

Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians, the artist says, work in New York, drink beer and, when drunk, see pink buffaloes instead of pink elephants. Inv. AM 1983-N37/1
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Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians,...

Portrait of a Chipewah-Indian, 1851 By Johann Baptist Wengler. Watercolour on paper, 14,6 x 12 cm Ha 290
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Portrait of a Chipewah-Indian, 1851 By Johann Baptist Wengle...

Pectoral,from the Tolima region in Columbia. Metalwork in lost wax process (cire perdue). Alloy of gold,copper and silver,24,4 x 25,7 cm Inv.6.029.
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Pectoral,from the Tolima region in Columbia. Metalwork in lost wax pr...

Large ceremonial hatchet of the Taino-Indians,the first Indian population discovered by Christopher Columbus. Polished grey stone,45,5 x 35,5 cm Depot du Musee de l'homme, Inv.M.H.78.1.2699
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Large ceremonial hatchet of the Taino-Indians,the first Indian population...

Large cult object of the Taino-Indians,the first American-Indian population discovered by Christopher Columbus.Its significance and use are still unknown. Marble,45 x 38 cm. Depot du Musee de l'homme,Inv.27.4.1
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Large cult object of the Taino-Indians,the first American-Indian populati...

Large cult object of the Taino-Indians,the first American-Indian population discovered by Christopher Columbus.The significance of these stone-"necklaces" is still unknown. Depot du Musee de l'homme.
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Large cult object of the Taino-Indians,the first American-Indian populati...

Sitting male figure. Serpentine, H:13 cm Inv.10.582852
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Sitting male figure. Serpentine, H:13 cm...

Female figure,from Chupicuaro,Mexico.The ornaments on the body may imitate the body paint used by Chupicuaro women during ceremonies. Terracotta,H:31 cm Musee du Quai Branly Inv.70.1998.3.1
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Female figure,from Chupicuaro,Mexico.The ornaments on the body may imitate...

Male figure from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico. Green stone,H:76 cm Inv.70.1998.2.1 Musee du Quai de Branly
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Male figure from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico....

Stone mask from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico.From the collection of Diego Rivera and Andre Breton. Stone,H:20 cm Inv.70.1999.12.1 Musee du Quai Branly
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Stone mask from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico.From...

Marble mask from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico. Marble,H:17 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme,Inv.78.1.187
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Marble mask from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan,Mexico....