9.09.2010

ancient objects/industrial design

Ohio River Valley
100-500 AD
Banded green stone
3.25" high

Bannerstone
Ohio River Valley
100-500 AD
Fossilized stone
4.5" high

Bannerstone
Ohio River Valley
100-500 AD
Black slate
4" long

Bannerstone
Ohio River Valley
100-500 AD
Banded green stone
2.75" high

Mace Head
Western Mexico
200-600 AD
Mottled green stone
1.75" high

Urn
Western Mexico
200 BC-300 AD
Orange terra cotta
14" high

Hatchet-form Vessel
Western Mexico
500-900 AD
Red and Black terra cotta
13" high

Cylindrical Seal
Tlatilco, Mexico
1,000-500 BC
Polished brown terra cotta
3" high

Offering Bowl
Guerrero, Mexico
100 BC-600 AD
White Mexican onyx
6.5" high

Urn
Monte Alban, Mexico
600-900 AD
Gunmetal-grey terra cotta
7" high

Tripod Urn
Western Mexico
500-900 AD
Red terra cotta
10.5" high

"The products shown here were made by American designers,
from the Ohio Valley to Central America,
between
1,000 BC and 900 AD.
They knew no concept of 
"art" 
separated from objects that served a purpose, 
nor did they,
as a result,
design objects without appropriate and pleasing
form."

Editor, Industrial Design Magazine, July 1957.

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