introduction BEGINNINGS: THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920) THE PHOEBE HEARST COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA NATIVE CALIFORNIA ALASKAN ESKIMO PHILIPPINES ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA ANCIENT PERU Early Intermediate Period: Nasca Early Intermediate Period:Moche Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period 01. Necklace clasp, lizard; gold 02. Figure of a litter bearer, carved wood 03. Flask-shaped jar 04. Tumbler, clay 05. Man’s sleeved tunic, cotton and alpaca wool 06. Small pottery figure with yarn 07. Large figure, clay Late Intermediate Period and Late Horizon ANCIENT egypt ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN TRANSITION (1920-1945) EXPANSION (1945-1960) CULMINATION (1960-1980) RECENT YEARS (1980-2001) RECENT ACQUISITIONS Large figure, clay Chancay; Late Intermediate Period Collected by Mrs. Charlotte Uhle, 1904. 16–909 Nearly all Chancay ceramics are mold-made, painted with a black clay slip over a white slip. Many of the distinctive female figures were formerly clothed in yarns, feathers, and textiles. In a 1906 letter to Kroeber, Charlotte Uhle wrote, “I always accompanied my husband to the excavations and wandered miles and miles over the graveyards of Ancon, of Chancay Valley, etc.”