MIMBRES
pretations to the evolving understanding of these
remarkable works of art. Southwest Pueblo societies
continue to engage in traditions associated
with painted ceramics, and we look forward to
bringing these and other voices to this important
conversation.”
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Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the
American Southwest
Through December 2, 2018
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
lacma.org
Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the
American Southwest
by Tony Berlant and Evan Maurer with Julia Burtenshaw and
Thomas Wynn
Published in English by Delmonico Books, Munich, London,
New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
2018
112 pages, 8.2 x 10.9 inches, fully illustrated in color
ISBN-13: 978-3791357430
Hardcover, 50 dollars
See also an unframed.lacma.org blog written by Julia
Burtenshaw on May 17, 2018.
FIGS. 20 and 21 (facing
page, top and bottom):
Installation views of
Decoding Mimbres
Painting: Ancient Ceramics
of the American Southwest.
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, May 20,
2018–December 2, 2018.
Photo © Museum Associates/
LACMA.
FIG. 22 (right): Bowl with
abstraction of datura buds,
hawkmoth proboscis, and
trance state portal.
Mimbres, New Mexico.
AD 850–1150.
Ceramic. D: 21 cm.
Private collection.
Photo © 2018 Museum Associates/
LACMA.
FIG. 23 (below): Map
showing the distribution
of archaeological sites in
the Mimbres Valley and
the surrounding regions
indicating where datura
seedpod effi gies have been
found.
Based on research by Lisa W. Huckell
and Christine S. VanPool. Courtesy
of LACMA.
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