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Hearst Museum object titled Calendar stone (reproduction), accession number 3-560, described as Scaled cast reproduction of monolithic Aztec calendar stone, in box, crack down middle that has been repaired.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 3-5228, described as Potsherd: Tlaloc fragment (Aztec white slip)

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine head, accession number 3-5227, described as Potsherd: Figurine head (Aztec white slip)

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine head, accession number 3-5083, described as Potsherd; figurine head Aztec style

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine head, accession number 3-5229, described as Potsherd: Figurine head (Aztec)

Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 3-15755, described as Pottery jar, light buff ground, a little red slip decoration. 12 inch diameter;height 9 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 3-4831, described as Red, white, black and blue for semi-dress wear refajo skirt made by an Aztec woman. "Refajo" skirt woven by a Mexicana (Aztec) woman on a girdle-back loom, in the Mexicano-speaking town Mecayapan. This is an average specimen of a quality usually worn for everyday work around the home. For field work an older, less well made garment would be substituted. The Refajo is the most typical loom work of all of the Indians, Aztec and Popoluca alike, of the Coatzacoalcos area of Southern Veracruz.

Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 3-25485, described as Slit drum, wooden (teponaztli), cylindrical with ends slightly tapered, undecorated; remnants of iron nails in each end; three holes drilled in each side at edge of opening at bottom; L 41.2 cm X diam 10.9 cm. A two-toned percussion instrument played with rubber tipped sticks.

Hearst Museum object titled Slit drum, accession number 3-11028, described as Slit drum, wooden (teponaztli), cylindrical; handcarved design in low relief on one side of fish with human head (probably a mythical being) brandishing a stone or metal axe; handcarved designs around both ends; L 52.5 cm X Dia 15.0 cm. A two-toned percussion instrument played with rubber tipped sticks

Hearst Museum object titled Tripod fragment, accession number 3-27574, described as Tripod support fragment, pottery, incised butterfly-shaped decoration attached to broken portion of a leg, mold made, height 4.4 cm. Attributed to Post Classic Period (AD 1000-1300) with Nahuatl and Toltec influence.