Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

200 BCE–300 CE · Sculpture

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 2 days ago
In this state since: Sep 28, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

Accession number: 1997.475

What it shows

People Communities Funerary art Temple Dancers Ritual Houses

In the catalog

Sculpture Terracotta and ceramics Nayarit Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian Americas West mexico Ixtlán del rio Arts of the Americas Nayarit state

Sources

Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
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All works

House Model Depicting a Ritual Feast

100 BCE–300 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Male Figure Leaning Forward with Arms Crossed over Knees

c. 200 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Miniature Seated Figurine with Arms Held Behind the Head

100 BCE–300 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

100–800 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Model Depicting a Ritual Center

100–800 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Miniature Figure of a Standing Deer

100 BCE–300 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Figure Playing a Rasp

c. 100 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl on Her Lap

100 BCE–300 CE · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

Museum page

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Gustave Caillebotte

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Edward Hopper

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Not receiving at present

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Nayarit

House Model Depicting a Ritual Feast

Seated Male Figure Leaning Forward with Arms Crossed over Knees

Miniature Seated Figurine with Arms Held Behind the Head

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Model Depicting a Ritual Center

Miniature Figure of a Standing Deer

Seated Figure Playing a Rasp

Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl on Her Lap

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Not receiving at present

Particulars

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

More by Nayarit

House Model Depicting a Ritual Feast

Seated Male Figure Leaning Forward with Arms Crossed over Knees

Miniature Seated Figurine with Arms Held Behind the Head

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Model Depicting a Ritual Center

Miniature Figure of a Standing Deer

Seated Figure Playing a Rasp

Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl on Her Lap

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942