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Background imageColumbian Collection: Aztec calendar

Aztec calendar
A polychrome facsimile of the Piedra del Sol (Sun Stone) or Aztec calendar also know as a Tonalpohualli. Date: 1479

Background imageColumbian Collection: Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli

Background imageColumbian Collection: Field Columbian Museum, Jackson Park, Chicago

Field Columbian Museum, Jackson Park, Chicago

Background imageColumbian Collection: Monolithic stele from Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia

Monolithic stele from Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia
Impressive monolithic stele from Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) - a important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia

Background imageColumbian Collection: Mexico. Uxmal. Pyramid of the Magician

Mexico. Uxmal. Pyramid of the Magician
Pyramid of the Magician. 6th-10th c. MEXICO. YUCATN. Uxmal. Puuc style. Maya art

Background imageColumbian Collection: Ruins of the Wiracocha Temple at Raqch i, Peru

Ruins of the Wiracocha Temple at Raqch i, Peru
Built in the fifteenth century and considered by the historians to be one of the most audacious Inca constructions, the remarkable Wiracocha temple at Raqchi

Background imageColumbian Collection: Mexico City. Quetzalcoatl Snake

Mexico City. Quetzalcoatl Snake
MEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Teotihuacan Hall. Quetzalcoatl Snake. Aztec art. Sculpture

Background imageColumbian Collection: Modernist House, Woodford, Essex, Living Room

Modernist House, Woodford, Essex, Living Room
This photograph shows a modernist frame house dining room interior at Woodford, Essex, designed by architects Bernard Arthur Le mare and Albert Edward Proskauer

Background imageColumbian Collection: God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO

God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ

Background imageColumbian Collection: Colombia. Tierradentro. Archaeological Park

Colombia. Tierradentro. Archaeological Park
COLOMBIA. Inza. Archaeological park of Tierradentro. Loma de Segovia. Hypogeum decorated with geometric forms, 6th-10th c. Formation period of Tierradentro Culture. Maya art. Architecture

Background imageColumbian Collection: Elevated train to take visitors around the exhibition. Date: May - October 1893

Elevated train to take visitors around the exhibition. Date: May - October 1893

Background imageColumbian Collection: Diagram of the original design for the Great Wheel. Columbian Exposition's tallest attraction

Diagram of the original design for the Great Wheel. Columbian Exposition's tallest attraction, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr

Background imageColumbian Collection: Attraction at the Chicago's World's Fair, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr

Attraction at the Chicago's World's Fair, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. The ferris wheel named the Chicago Wheel, had thirty-six pendulum cars

Background imageColumbian Collection: View of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, 1787

View of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, 1787
View of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia from the Columbian Magazine, 1787. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernardeni from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageColumbian Collection: Columbia - Bogota - Unidentified Church or Monastery

Columbia - Bogota - Unidentified Church or Monastery with courtyard Date: 1936

Background imageColumbian Collection: Classical Building. Chicago. Date: 1893

Classical Building. Chicago. Date: 1893

Background imageColumbian Collection: Replica of the Mayan wall paintings placed in Bonampak

Replica of the Mayan wall paintings placed in Bonampak Temple in Chiapas. Late classical period (662-830). Batlle scene. Maya art. Painting. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Background imageColumbian Collection: Warrior. Inca art. Relief. PERU. Lima. National

Warrior. Inca art. Relief. PERU. Lima. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History

Background imageColumbian Collection: Xochipilli. Mexica deity of love, games, beauty

Xochipilli. Mexica deity of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, pleasure, arts and songs. Postclassic period (1325-1521). Aztec art. Sculpture on rock. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Background imageColumbian Collection: Gold nose ring. Chibcha art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA

Gold nose ring. Chibcha art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Pre-Columbian America. Zapotec culture

Pre-Columbian America. Zapotec culture
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail

Background imageColumbian Collection: Mexico. Villahermosa. Cultura Olmeca

Mexico. Villahermosa. Cultura Olmeca
MEXICO. Villahermosa. Parque-Museo de La Venta. Olmeca Culture. Head. Olmec art. Sculpture

Background imageColumbian Collection: Maya Civilization. Ball game

Maya Civilization. Ball game
Maya Civilization. Mesoamerican ballgame. Litography

Background imageColumbian Collection: Bolivia Tiwanaku Site

Bolivia Tiwanaku Site
BOLIVIA. Tiahuanaco. Sculpted head, 8th-10th c. A.D. Tihuanaco culture. Sculpture on rock

Background imageColumbian Collection: Bolivia, South America - Stone statue at Tiwanaku

Bolivia, South America - Stone statue at Tiwanaku
A Bolivian man leaning up against a figurative statue at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco / Tiahuanacu) - a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColumbian Collection: Gold mask. Pre-Columbian art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA

Gold mask. Pre-Columbian art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum. Proc: COLOMBIA. Inza. Archaeological park of Tierradentro. Alto de San Andr鳮

Background imageColumbian Collection: Tammany Hall, 14th Street, New York City, USA

Tammany Hall, 14th Street, New York City, USA
Tammany Hall, 14th Street (east of Union Square), New York City, USA. Tammany Hall was a New York City political organisation founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society

Background imageColumbian Collection: Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca Empire

Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca Empire, ordering the construction of the city of Cuzco, capital of the Empire. Illustration in Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande

Background imageColumbian Collection: Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact

Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact originating from Tepetzintla (Mexico). Pre-Colombian Civilization. Maya art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Background imageColumbian Collection: Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s. XIV. Detail. Maya

Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s. XIV. Detail. Maya
Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s.XIV. Detail. Maya art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Bottle with female form and gold nose ring. Childbirth

Bottle with female form and gold nose ring. Childbirth scene. Viru Culture of the Chicama and Viru, Peru, 3rd c. A.D. Pre-Columbian art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Figure of an animal. Muisca Art. Chibcha art. Jewelry

Figure of an animal. Muisca Art. Chibcha art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Maya calendar

Maya calendar with glyphs. Maya art. MEXICO. CHIAPAS. Palenque. INAH Palenque Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Venus of Valdivia. 3500 -1000 BC. Valdivia Culture

Venus of Valdivia. 3500 -1000 BC. Valdivia Culture. Handmoulded little statue, from Santa Elena Peninsula (Ecuador). Symbol of fertility. Pre-Columbian art. Terra-cotta

Background imageColumbian Collection: The ruins of Tiwanaku - Bolivia

The ruins of Tiwanaku - Bolivia
The ruins of Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) - Bolivia. An important pre-Columbian archaeological site in the west of the country, Tiwanaku flourishing as the ritual

Background imageColumbian Collection: Church with idols from Tiwanaku, Bolivia

Church with idols from Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Church built ith stone and stele idols from Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Tiwanaku (sometimes Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia

Background imageColumbian Collection: Advert for Columbian Trio Concert Company, Ohio, USA

Advert for Columbian Trio Concert Company, Ohio, USA
Advertisement on a postcard for the Columbian Trio Concert Company of West Salem, Ohio, USA, offering instrumental and vocal music. Date: 1910

Background imageColumbian Collection: MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�Relief from the south

MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�Relief from the south
MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj� Relief from the south ball court. Depicts the sacrifice of a ball player. Classic period, c 500 - 900. Totonacan art. Sculpture

Background imageColumbian Collection: MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠ItzᮠEl Castillo, aka

MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠ItzᮠEl Castillo, aka
MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠 Itzᮠ El Castillo, aka Chichen Itza (at the background) and the Thousand Columns. Maya art

Background imageColumbian Collection: Pyramid of the Moon. 4th c. MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO

Pyramid of the Moon. 4th c. MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ On the steps and at different levels of the pyramid are sculptural representations of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent

Background imageColumbian Collection: Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla

Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla. Aztec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology

Background imageColumbian Collection: Head of a guacamayas (parrot) for the game of pelota

Head of a guacamayas (parrot) for the game of pelota. 7th-10th Century. Maya art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. MORELOS. Xochicalco

Background imageColumbian Collection: Earmuff with Moche warrior. Gold, shells, turquoises

Earmuff with Moche warrior. Gold, shells, turquoises and lapis lazuli. 330-500 B.C. Moche or Mochica Art. Jewelry. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Stone of the Sun. 1479. Incorrectly known as Aztec

Stone of the Sun. 1479. Incorrectly known as Aztec Calendar. Disc shaped ceremonial monolith made of basalt with inscriptions about the Mexica cosmogony and the solar cults. Aztec art

Background imageColumbian Collection: Scoreboards in volcanic tuff (diameter 73cm) intended

Scoreboards in volcanic tuff (diameter 73cm) intended for ball games. Maya art. Sculpture. HONDURAS. COPAN. Copᮮ Archaeological Museum. Proc: HONDURAS. COPAN. Copᮮ

Background imageColumbian Collection: Golden portrait vessel. Pre-Inca civilization, Peru

Golden portrait vessel. Pre-Inca civilization, Peru, 2nd century b.C. Chimu art. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Background imageColumbian Collection: Atlantis or warrior with arms raised. Polychrome

Atlantis or warrior with arms raised. Polychrome stone sculpture. Toltec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. MORELOS. Xochicalco

Background imageColumbian Collection: Gold breastplate muisca. Proceeds from Chiquinquir

Gold breastplate muisca. Proceeds from Chiquinquirᠨ Boyacᩮ Pre-Columbian art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum. Proc: COLOMBIA. BOYACA



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