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Bright gallery with white pedestals showcasing a variety of stone statues and objects in glass cases.
Special Installation

Arts of the Ancient Americas

OverviewExhibition ObjectsAudio GuideRelated ContentInside the ExhibitionDentro de la exposición
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal standing in front of a female sculpture in the Ancient Americas galleries of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Exhibition Tour—Arts of the Ancient Americas

Celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.

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Articles, Audio, and Video

Florencio Delgado Espinoza gazes at the seated elder statue in the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries.
Audio
Examining a Figure of Power with Florencio Delgado Espinoza
“People love these caciques, but also, they really were scared of them because they have the power. So, it's love and fear.”
December 4
Scenic landscape with low green scrub and brush against blue-gray mountains cast in sunlight and shadows.
A Song of the Stone
Celebrated composer Gabriela Ortiz sets her latest vocal work to a new Nahuatl poem to mark the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
November 6
Two conservators working on preparing a Wari Feathered Panel for installation against a backdrop of checkered yellow and blue panels.
Video
Installing the Wari Feathered Panels, 600–900 CE
October 3
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Essays

Bare-chested female ceramic figure wearing a multistrand necklace with a sizable pendant and a decorated head cover.
Representaciones del poder en el pasado de la costa del Ecuador
Los arqueólogos reconocen múltiples tradiciones culturales en la costa del Ecuador durante el período entre el 300 a.e.c. y el 600 e.c.
September 17
A flying panel metate (tablelike object of stone) with five felines worked into the legs on the metate's underside
Arte escultórico en piedra de Costa Rica
Los especialistas en piedra de Costa Rica demostraron una gran habilidad en la creación de obras de piedra como metates, figuras zoomorfas y antropomorfas y esferas.
September 3
Double Crocodile Pendant, Gold, shell, Cocle (Macaracas)
El oro en los cacicazgos de la antigua Panamá
Los primeros indicios de metalurgia hallados en el istmo de Panamá se remontan a los siglos II y III e.c.
August 22
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