Exhibitions
Ancient Mexican Art from the Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian
July 21, 2002–March 15, 2003
New York, NY
For more than 2000 years, the Native peoples of ancient Mexico created art that expressed their values and beliefs. Using stone, wood, and metal, the Olmec, Zapotec, Toltec, Mixtec, Maya, and other indigenous groups developed an array of objects that portrayed their world in all its diversity and splendor.