Pre-Columbian American Art

Sacred artwork of the indigenous religious traditions of the Americas before and during early European contact, spanning the Mesoamerican civilizations of Mexico and Central America and the Andean civilizations of South America. Belongs here: a codex, deity figure or ritual object whose subject is an Aztec, Maya or other Mesoamerican deity, or an Andean religious or ceremonial object such as a ritual llama figurine. Does not belong here: a later colonial period Christian work produced in the same region, grouped under Christian Art.