After editing of our photographs from Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology, John and I still found ourselves with over 300 good pictures. Many of them documented small totally fabulous figurative sculptures.
This glass case shows only a few dozen of the thousands of astonishing figures in the museum.
We had trouble following the Spanish language labels so we've arranged the following artworks for maximum fun rather than by period. They range from Pre-Columbian MesoAmerica to Mayan and Aztec times.
A Dignified Personage
An ancestor of the Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Star Wars?
Cuteness personified.
Don't look behind you!
Tennis anyone?
Hanging out
Mother Goddess
Chilling
Ancient Cool
Animal container
Self-contained
Mayan dancer
Pre-Colombian Venus
Guardian or Clown?
Mom
Pensive
File under facial tattoo concepts
Silly to joke about these amazing, memorable portraits.
Great otter
We loved the 'cartoon quality' of this dazzling dangerous duck.
We'll end with this wonderful little flying Dragon.
love those anthropromorphic pots.
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