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Pedestal Plate with Praying Mantis Motif
Central America, Panamá
Macaracas
Period VIB, ca. 800 - 1000 AD
Ceramic
Gift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
1990.011.298

Writing—recording information in a format that others at the time and later can decipher—was accomplished by the Inka Empire of South America using thousands of knotted string devices known as khipu. In the Carlos collection there are two other…

As a Maya weaver, or more often an entire traditional indigenous family, takes on more intricate designs for jaspé cloths, the planning and execution become accordingly more challenging. Even machine-made examples, such as this skirt involve…