Coming March 2013 Cerámica de los Ancestros: Central American Lives Revealed (500 B.C.*-1500 A.D.) Native peoples began arriving in Central American over 10,000 years ago, over time developing diverse ways of organizing their communities and living off the land and water. We can begin to reconstruct their societies and belief systems by looking at objects like figurines, musical instruments, body stamps, incense burners, and clay pots that Native artists created, used, and traded locally over millennia. These objects show see scenes from parenthood, images related to magic and power, and depictions of important plants and animals. Inspired by archeology, this exhibition reveals the lives of the Central American ancestors.
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