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Fragment of a statuette; head with 'hat'; pre-classic. Valley of Mexico, 2000 B.C.-A.D.500 Clay figurines appear in the graves and household debris of the earliest farmers in Mexico and continued to be made and used by successive civilisations until…

Small vessel/cup in the shape of a frog (possibly a toy?), grey clay. One of four vessels in McPherson's collection (a9A-D) in the shape of animals (duck, frog, large dog, small dog).

Clay statuette; representation of Tlaloc with elaborate loincloth, neck ornament and headdress. Inscription: Old label: 146+4

Fragment of statuette, head only, traces of red paint on face.

Gold pendant ornament Mixtec style, Oaxaca, Mexico, A.D.1400-1500 The Mixteca were supreme artists in gold and lapidary work. This small mask, with the face of beaten plate and cast pendant ear ornaments, resembles some of the magnificent gold items…

Shallow pottery tripod dish; decorated with reddish-brown and black paint on interior and exterior; 'cascabel' feet.

Tripod dish in grey pottery. Very characteristic of Zapotecan culture.

Shell ornament/armlet with two perforations. Found about a mile from the sea-shore, near Tampico, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Probably made by Huastecan Indians.

Group contents: sledges (8), Kayaks and dogs (10) and caribou and duck and humans (6)