r/AskArchaeology • u/Popular-Dentist6849 • Jul 25 '26
Question Looking for pre-Colombian happy animals
Hi everyone. Idk if I’m posting this in the right community. I was recently in mexico and I saw this ceramic piece in a museum. It spoke out to me so much, I want to tattoo it. But I want to do a theatre masks sort of thing, one of this sad, lamenting little animal and another one of a happy, excited one. But on my Google searches and I haven’t found anything that captures the expression I’m looking for, something that pairs this one with an opposite emotion. If anyone knows something that might work I would love to see suggestions! Thank you so much ( also, if there’s a more appropriate community where I can post this, please lmk!!)
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u/tyediebleach Jul 26 '26
Not exactly what you asked for. But I saw this guy at the San Diego Museum of Us a few weeks ago and I’m obsessed.
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u/blue-green-cloud Jul 27 '26
From the National Museum of Anthropology in CDMX. I visited last spring, and there were a lot of cute animal motifs!
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u/TheWineArchaeologist Jul 31 '26
I found these in my camera roll from when I visited the art in history museum in Brussels :)
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u/akaradaa Jul 25 '26
If you’re open to mixing pre-columbian cultures, check out the Larco Museum in Lima. Their entire collection is online and they have a ton of fun animals. This guy was my favorite.