World Cultures (Eb977)

Small bolsa, bag, wool, woven in brocaded design. Central panel with wide zigzag, side panels with pink and yellow diamonds on striped ground. Back is wrong side of brocading. Remains of a thin strap. Coloured pompoms sewn to bottom edge.

World Cultures (Eb978)

Small bolsa, bag, wool, woven in brocaded design. Centre panel with pink and white alternating squares, with orange stripes at sides, side panels with orange and cream diamond motif stripes, on brown ground. Red and green edging, with 3 tassels on bottom edge. Back is the wrong side of the brocading.

World Cultures (Eb979)

4 cane crotchet hooks, different sizes, hand-made. 196 x 0.4mm, 192 x 0.4mm, 154 x 0.25mm, 153 x 0.3mm.

World Cultures (Ea11153m)

Black ink drawing of stone relief. Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11153n)

Black ink drawing of stone relief. Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11153p)

Pencil drawing of a stone relief. Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea10361)

6 offprints of 'Some Notes on Xochicalco' by Adela Breton. Reprinted from Transactions, Department Of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania Vol II part 1 1906. Paper published in the Transactions reporting on the temple building, noting that previous reports by others were not detailed or accurate enough for a proper study in the future. Includes line drawings, watercolours and photographs.

World Cultures (Ea10983)

Painting of an unidentified view in Mexico. Watercolour by Adela Breton. Shows an arch surrounded by flowers and leaves.

World Cultures (Ea11012)

Drawing of a bronze shield and a spear from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, Dredged from Sacred Cenote. Pencil lines inked over in red and black. Handle of the spear is painted with brown watercolour. Shield is highly decorated.

World Cultures (Ea11153b)

Pencil drawing of stone relief. Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11158)

Watercolour of a stone figure from Jalisco, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11508)

Watercolour of a view of the volcano Jorulla, Michoacan, Mexico. Painted in January 1894.

World Cultures (Ea8124)

Watercolour depicting the outer chamber, Temple A, Chichen Itza, Mexico.1901.

World Cultures (Ea8147)

Watercolour of mountains, hills, and village by Adela Breton. Scarped hill. Atlixco and Popocatapetl, Mexico.1894.

World Cultures (Ea8251c)

Watercolour depicting four figures and one pottery dish. Etzatlan, Jalisco, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8265)

Watercolour of a fresco. Teotihuacan, Mexico. Shows warrior with spears, shield, and wearing elaborate headdress and belt. Sketches also underneath painting showing details of other fresco paintings, including 2 fragments of libation, one numbered 3? and the other 1st at side (see Ea8863 for sketch of numbered positions). Note by AB: From Penafiel. Coloured on the spot from the fresco said to have been copied from the original by a former owner of the house...

World Cultures (Ea8268c)

Watercolur of a stone figure at Otumba, Mexico. Shows a kneeling female figure.

World Cultures (Ea8271e)

Painting of a stone relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. North end of west side of lower terrace and the frieze surmounting this terrace. Watercolour in brown paint.

World Cultures (Ea8289b)

Watercolour drawing of a polished dark stone statuette 'Serpentine' at Zempoala, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8289c)

Watercolour drawing of a polished dark stone statuette 'Serpentine' at Zempoala, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8381)

Watercolour of a view of Zacapu, Michoecan, Mexico. Shows a lake with mountains behind. 1896.

World Cultures (Ea8416)

Watercolour of Volcano Orizaba, near S. Juan, Coscomatepec, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8420)

Watercolour of a view of Jalapa (Xalapa) and the Peak of Orizabar, Veracruz, Mexico.Shows men working in the fields in the foreground with houses behind the hills and mountains behind the houses.

World Cultures (Ea11095d)

Notes, translation and maps of Chichen Itza (Photocopies).

World Cultures (Ea8269g)

Ink sketches of details from Xochicalco, Mexico. recto: Legs of a figure from N end of the south front Seated figure holding square shield and 3 spears verso: Watercolour sketch of a monkey figure wearing headdress and jewellery 'A Reminiscence of Quetzalcoatl'

World Cultures (Ea8270o/p)

Tracing illustrated in an article on Xochicalco, Mexico (Ea10361).

World Cultures (Ea8271b)

Tracing of a stone relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. Shows the north end of the west side of the lower terrace. Black ink lines on tracing paper.

World Cultures (Ea11038a)

Grey and white watercolour of the corner of a square stone on top of a pillar at Chamber E, Temple A, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11093)

Watercolour of caryatids (XII, XI) from the outer chamber, Temple A, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8191.1)

Small photographic print of lefthand door jambs from outer to inner chamber of the Upper Temple of the Jaguars. Black and white, with background painted out on the negative? Shows Jambs K1, 2 and 3. Some faint watercolour added to pick out details. Note by AB on verso: Door of inner Chamber, Temple A, Chichen Itza

World Cultures (Ea8212d)

Print ofTemple A, outer chamber, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8274b)

Tracing of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. North side of lower terrace. Tracing on paper from a photograph. Lines are in pencil written over with brown water paint.

World Cultures (Ea8274c)

Tracing of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. North side of lower terrace. Tracing on paper. Lines are of pencil written over with brown waterpaint. Traced from photograph.

World Cultures (Ea8275a)

Copy of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. In two parts (Ea8274a and b). Shows the south side of the lower terrace. Black ink lines.

World Cultures (Ea8273a)

Drawing of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. Watercolour. East side of lower terrace. Drawing in black ink and red watercolour background. It is in two parts. The upper drawing shows a long serpent with the head on the left facing right. The body curves up and down and up again ending in a feathered tail hanging down. Under the first curve is a scroll patterned stand and on the second curve there is seated a cross legged man wearing an elaborate feather headdress. Rosettes decorate the serpent's body. A large tongue which is forked and curled extends from the serpent's mouth. The lower part of the drawing shows the rest of the relief which extends to the right of the above. It was joined by a panel of trelliswork and the rest of the relief is a mirror image of the above pattern, -serpent etc.

World Cultures (Ea8273e)

Drawing of a stone relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. 'Reminiscence of Guetzaleratl'. Ink drawings of north end of south front and south side Xochicalco.

World Cultures (Ea8273f)

Painting of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. East side of lower terrace. Painted with black, grey and white watercolour paint.

World Cultures (Ea8274a)

Copy of a painted relief from Xochicalco, Mexico. North side of lower terrace. Drawing in black ink with backround painted in red watercolour. Drawing in two parts. The upper drawing shows a serpent with the head on the left and a figure is placed under the first curve of the body. On top of the second curve the tail hangs down in the form of long feathers. The serpent's tongue is forked and curled. The figures are of chief's sitting crosslegged on seats and are alike in costume (They wear an elaborate headdress of feathers) and position but their faces have different expressions. Their bodies are in full front view with the head in each case turned to one shoulder or to the other and seen in profile. They face to the right. One arm is uplifted the other hangs down. There are glyphs of speech motifes around the figures. The lower drawing is a mirror image of the above.

World Cultures (Ea8353p)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Depicts the burning of Indians in Mexico for not bringing enough tributes in gold to the conquistados. Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Ea8353q)

Tracing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Pen and ink dracing of the image also depicted in Ea8353j. It depicts a list of tributes which include 130 turkeys and 29,000 eggs. Codex Kingsborough Mexican provenance.