The Study of Objects

Numerous cultures around the world do not put their religious practices in writing. For others, including Pre-Columbian cultures in Mesoamerica, there are only a few surviving texts. When the University libraries don’t possess any primary documents, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and the Anthropology Collections in McGraw Hall can help fill the gaps. The items in this case, all on loan from the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, represent cultures for which we have no documents.

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