Author Archives: Tamra Hjermstad

Classic Maya Polychrome Vase with Anthropomorphic Coyote from Campeche, Mexico Virtual Exhibit Video The Life-Force of Mayan Ceramics The Maya civilization is a complex society with a host of ritual and aesthetic practices placed at the forefront of all mortal … Continue reading →

Hollow Figurine of a Pregnant Woman from Nayarit, West Mexico Virtual Exhibit Video Cosmic Travellers: Iconography and Function of Two West Mexican Ceramic Figurines The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) has, in its collection, two ancient West Mexican ceramic … Continue reading →

Zapotec Effigy Urn with Ancestor Embodying the Storm God from Oaxaca, Mexico Virtual Exhibit video Life, Death, and Divinity: Preserved Embodiments in Zapotec Effigy Vessels Introduction This paper will introduce Zapotec culture, affixing the society’s location in space and time, … Continue reading →

Maya Tenon of a Zoomorph with Human Head Emerging from its Jaws from Corozal, Belize A Study of two Maya Tenons from Corozal This paper concerns two Maya tenons that reside in the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA). One, … Continue reading →

Hollow Figurine of a Musician from Ixtlan del Rio, from Nayarit, West Mexico Virtual Exhibit Video: Music, Warriors, and Ritual Figurines: Life Beyond the Shaft Tombs of West Mexico Introduction The Pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica, or Central America and Mexico, … Continue reading →