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    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3561",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Treasure Box (wakahuia)"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Maori",
        "Treasure box"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "203:1975, a, b"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/7755/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The information about the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of wood, shell, and greenstone"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "early 19th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1975\nMorton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased at auction of Oceanic Art at Sotheby and Co., London, March 29, 1965, lot no. 96",
        "1975 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item originated in New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3557",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Hei Tiki made by Maori Artist"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Maori",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "late 19th to early 20th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "90:1977"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8411/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The information about the object is in English the object's name is in the Maori language"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The material of the object is Nephrite"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "late 19th to early 20th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1971\nEverett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA",
        "1971 - 1977\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc.",
        "1977 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item was originally from New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
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    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3555",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "War Canoe Sternpost (taurapa)"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Maori",
        "possibly early to mid 19th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "1531:1983"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/17549/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The information about the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The material of this object is wood"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "Possibly early to mid 19th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1929 - 1977\nJames Thomas Hooper (1897-1971), England, acquired in Arbroath, Scotland; Estate of James Thomas Hooper",
        "1977 - 1983\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased at auction of “Hawaiian and Maori Art from the James Hooper Collection,” Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 21, 1977, lot no. 121",
        "1983 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item originated in New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
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    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3553",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Bird Snare or Perch (mutu kaka)"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Maori",
        "18th to 19th century"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "1560:1983"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/17663/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The information about the item is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of wood and plant fiber"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "18th to 19th Century"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1981\nAncestral Arts, Honolulu, HI, USA",
        "1981 - 1983\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Ancestral Arts",
        "1983 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item originated in New Zealand (Aotearoa)"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3387",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Mayan Column with Hieroglyphs"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Mayan",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Late Classic Period"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "384:1978"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9064/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The information about the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of limestone with pigment"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Chiapas state, Mexico, North America, Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0715/0715"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1966\nEverett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA",
        "1966 - 1978\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc.",
        "1978 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "The object originated in Chiapas state, Mexico, North and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3369",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Mayan Vessel with Carved Motifs"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Maya",
        "Late Classic Period"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "341:1978"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8999/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the item is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The item is made out of ceramic"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Chocholá, Yucatán state, Mexico"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0700/0800"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "The provenance of the object is not listed but this item was in the hands of Morton D. May and then given to the museum."
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "The object originated in Chocholá, Yucatán state, Mexico, North and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3365",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Mayan Ballgame Vessel"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Maya",
        "Late Classic Period"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "216:1979"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9483/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the item is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of ceramic"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Guatemala"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0700/0800"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1969\nEverett Rassiga, Inc., New York, NY, USA",
        "1969 - 1979\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga",
        "1979 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in Guatemala"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3361",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Incense Burner"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Teotihuacan",
        "Early Classic Period"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "205:1979"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9471/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of ceramic with pigment"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Mexico, North America, Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0350/0450"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1971\nArte Primitivo, New York, NY, USA",
        "1971 - 1979\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Arte Primitivo",
        "1979 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May and Margie W. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "The object originated in Mexico, North America, and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3357",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Brazier in the Form of the Old God"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Teotihuacan",
        "Early Classic Period"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "206:1979"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9472/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the item is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of Basalt"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Mexico, North America, Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0400/0500"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1971\nArte Primitivo, New York, NY, USA",
        "1971 - 1979\nMorton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Arte Primitivo",
        "1979 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in Mexico, North America, and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3355",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Architectural Fragment"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Teotihuacan",
        "Architecture"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "217:1978"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8846/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the item is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of pumice"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Mexico, North America, Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0400/0550"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "Julius Carlebach",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item originated in Mexico, North America, and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3234",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Copper Object made by Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian Artists"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Tlingit, Haida, or Tsimshian",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Copper Art"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "268:1982"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12215/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The object's description is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of copper and has pigment"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "British Columbia Province, Canada"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "1870/1870"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1967\nLucy Brown, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada",
        "1967 - 1982\nMorton D. May, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Lucy Brown, through agent James Economos",
        "1982\nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "The object originated in British Columbia Province in Canada"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3232",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Bowl made by Tlingit Artist Augustus Bean (1856-1926)"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Tlingit",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Alaska"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "275:1982"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12221/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of stained wood, abalone shell, glass beads, and ivory"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Sitka, Alaska"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "1900/1900"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "The provenance of the bowl is not listed on the Saint Louis Art Museum online collection catalog but the object was gift from Morton D. May."
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This item originated in Alaska"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3230",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Vessel with Painted Motifs"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Soyapango",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Ceramics"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "223:1978"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8853/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of a ceramic material"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "El Salvador"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0300/0900"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1960s - 1967\nRoberto Ardon, Los Angeles, CA, USA",
        "1967 - 1978\nMorton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Roberto Ardon through agent Robert D. Corey",
        "1978 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in El Salvador"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3228",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Cylinder Seal"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Olmec",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Ceramics"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "194:1979"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9458/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "The description of the object is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of a ceramic material"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Mexico, North and Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "900-300BCE"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1971\nEverett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA",
        "1971 - 1979\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc.",
        "1979 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in Mexico, North and Central America"
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3225",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Avian Mace Head"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Nicoya",
        "Costa Rica"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "373:1978"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9040/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "object description is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of stone"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Costa Rica, North and Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0500/0800"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1966\nMay Department Stores Company, St. Louis, MO, USA",
        "1966 - 1979\nMorton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from the May Department Stores Company",
        "1979\nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in Costa Rica, North and Central America but the map will have Costa Rica as the place where the object originated from."
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3222",
    "dcterms:title": [
        "Fragment of an Architectural Frieze"
    ],
    "dcterms:subject": [
        "Indigenous Art",
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "Morton D. May",
        "Zapotec",
        "Architecture"
    ],
    "dcterms:identifier": [
        "351:1978.6"
    ],
    "dcterms:source": [
        "Saint Louis Art Museum",
        "https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/50132/"
    ],
    "dcterms:language": [
        "Object description is in English"
    ],
    "dcterms:medium": [
        "The object is made out of terracotta with whitewash and buff pigment"
    ],
    "dcterms:isPartOf": [
        "Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas",
        "Morton D. May"
    ],
    "dcterms:spatial": [
        "Oaxaca state, Mexico, North and Central America"
    ],
    "dcterms:temporal": [
        "0600/0909"
    ],
    "dcterms:provenance": [
        "1966 \nWilliam Spratling (1900-1967), Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico",
        "1966\nHarry A. Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA",
        "1966 - 1978\nMorton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Harry A. Franklin Gallery",
        "1978 \nSaint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May"
    ],
    "wrstl:explanationOfOmekaMapLocation": [
        "This object originated in Oaxaca state in Mexico, North and Central America."
    ],
    "wrstl:semester": [
        "Spring 2026"
    ]
},
{
    "url": "https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/3220",
    "dcterms:title": [
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        "object description is in English"
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    "dcterms:identifier": [
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    "dcterms:identifier": [
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