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Frank h. mcclung museum
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tenn.—“Painted Metaphors:
Pottery and Politics of the Ancient
Maya,” traveling from the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
portrays a time of political change
in a troubled outpost of the Maya
world and a human story of power
and intrigue among people who
lived more than 1,300 years ago.
Chamá polychrome ceramics are
accompanied by more than 100
stunning objects illustrating Maya
daily life, religious ritual, and
changes in rulers. (865) 974-2144,
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu
(September 16 through January 3)
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Bowers museum of cultural Arts
Santa Ana, Calif.—Spectacular
artifacts from the sophisticated
Pre-Columbian cultures of
Mexico and Central America are
highlighted in the new exhibit
“Vision of the Shaman, Song
of the Priest.” Pre-Columbian
art from Mexico and Central
America displayed in a series
of galleries communicates the
power and sophistication of
the mysterious cultures that
rose and fell in ancient America,
with emphasis placed on the
ceramic and stone arts of West
Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama.
A gallery devoted to the famous
“Limestone Tomb of Lord Pacal”
includes a life-size reproduction
of the elaborately decorated
and highly symbolic limestone
sarcophagus excavated at the
pyramid in the Maya City of
Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico.
(714) 567-3600, www.bowers.
org (Through December 31)
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando, Fla.—Drawing from the museum’s comprehensive
Art of the Ancient Americas Collection, the
exhibit “Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient
Americas Collection” features more than 180 works
made prior to the arrival of Europeans during the late
15th and early 16th centuries. The exhibit gives a rare
glimpse into 3,000 years of civilizations from North,
Central, and South American regions and includes
ancient works of gold, silver, jade, ceramic, shell, and
wood from the cultures of the Aztec, Maya, Moche,
Nasca, Inca, and Zapotec. (407) 896-4231,
www.omart.org (Long-term exhibit)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, Minn.—The traveling exhibition “Art of the
Native American: The Thaw Collection” consists of 110
of the most outstanding works of art drawn from the
Thaw Collection of North American Indian art, revealing
the extraordinary range of works produced by Native
American cultures. This collection consists of more
than 800 masterpieces from across North America
and spans more than 2,000 years. (888) 642-2787,
www.artsmia.org (October 24 through January 9)
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