Bat-ami Artzi, fellow in Studies, interprets and contextualizes the messianic Andean iconography a four-handled vessel known as the Vilcabamba Piece.

Read our full Q&A with Artzi: https://t.co/2Z4kT5LOF8

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I'm a Peruvian artist and writer of comics based in UK. I make Peruvian Cyberpunk, where PreColumbian meets hi and lo Tech, and also draw many other stories!

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Lich's Phylactery, fun paint done during this week, heavily inspired on pre-Columbian gold and jade artifacts.

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Just over a month left to apply for 2021–2022 Fellowships and Project Grants! Join a vibrant community of scholars in or & Studies.

Apply here by November 1: https://t.co/77o2F4sza8

📖: Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection

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Won’t reveal too much bc I’m in the works of making this into a comic but it essentially will deal themes of polar opposites coexisting, a common theme in Aztec mythology and have features of modern as well as precolumbian Latino/Mesoamerican/Nahua culture.

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Getting back into working on a on the of by warming up with a style drawing.

It makes sense, I swear!

♥♥

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Discover how an online map helped archaeologists make surprising discoveries about the in the : https://t.co/gk1aesdKud. Featuring work by former Studies Fellows Takeshi Inomata & Daniela Triadan!

📷: Takeshi Inomata/University of Arizona.

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Project support & the investigation of endangered or / materials. Final degree holders, apply by Nov 1: https://t.co/JBpXPoCM32.

📷: Geomagnetic survey of Islamic Garden (Project Grantee Tomasz Herbich).

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Looking for greater exposure to & or studies? Explore our 1-Month Awards. / relevant final degree holders, apply by October 1 to use Dumbarton Oaks research facilities in the first half of 2020: https://t.co/TvnBpwFGRi.

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wars might have affected civilians & burned cities much earlier than we knew. Read this article (featuring a recent Fellow): https://t.co/t3YNa5syRY.

📷: Maya flint of K'awiil (God K), the scepter god associated with lightning. https://t.co/SlfjcdbG4M

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Stucco head of a royal Maya woman in profile, possibly Lady K’abal Xook of Yaxchilan, Guatemala or Mexico, 600-900 https://t.co/JpxcYKMT9y

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Highlights of Allan Stone Auction Oct 19
https://t.co/JkZwvGjHWs
Lot 147 Hooper Fiji Island Female figure 19th Ht. 24 1/4" sold for $137,500

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Eccentric Flint, Late Classic, 600-700 CE
Three heads emerge from this eccentric flint. They each wear a serrated headdress and a flaming torch or axe protruding from their forehead, a characteristic of the god K'awiil, the personification of lightning.

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Tweezers, Postclassic, 900-1520 CE
Tweezers were worn by elites of the Empire of western pendant style, but also had a practical role, as depilatory devices. They also functioned as status markers, given their luxurious material.

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Gold Avian Pendant, Veraguas, Period V or VI, 700-1500 CE

https://t.co/dFkymlIkDZ

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La obra de KUKULÍ VELARDE (artista plástica peruana nacida en 1962 y radicada en US), recrea el arte precolombino a través de un sentimiento que enlaza el pasado con el presente.

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