Saturday, 14 May 2011

Collection of Aztatlan Archaeological Pieces handed over to INAH, in Mexico

Mexican artist Vladimir Cora handed over to INAH around 300 archaeological artefacts he kept together for the past 25 years. The pieces, believed to form one of the most important collections of Aztatlan Culture, are dated between 200 and 1350AD.  They will now be studied and conserved by specialists from INAH - an exhibition at the Museo Regional de Nayarit is planned for 2012. 


Museo Regional de Nayarit. Image by Christian Frausto Bernal 
Art Daily reports: 
"The collection of Prehispanic objects will allow specialists to deepen in the knowledge of ceremonial practices of Aztatlan civilization, and is integrated by ceramic pieces such as vessels decorated with ritual sacrifice and solar cult designs, as well as copper rattles, shell and greenstone beads, and travertine zoomorphic urns. ... Seals, simple and decorated spindles, projectile heads and figurines, some of them of Mazapa style, anthropomorphic still conserve pigment residues."

The collection will now be studied and conserved by specialists from INAH - an exhibition at the Museo Regional de Nayarit is planned for 2012. 


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  1. Iris14 May 2011 at 19:05

    I'm becoming way too cynical. Not trusting the good intentions of private collectors anymore, etc... Though I'm glad that Cora handed the collection over to the state (so that now more people can enjoy seeing the objects), I can't help but wonder about the provenance of the collection.

    Where did he get the objects from? Apart from the fact that the artist stored the objects in his house for the last 25 years, nothing is mentioned either on artdaily.org or the INAH website about the provenance...

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