The Cupisnique culture of north coast Peru shared in the flowering of ancient Peruvian arts during the 1st millennium BCE. Its most distinctive portable art forms were dark gray highly burnished sculptural ceramics and small stone ritual containers. These small vessels likely served as ritual paraphernalia.

The Ulúa River system runs through northwestern Honduras, connecting highland lakes and valleys to the Caribbean Sea. During the Late Classic period (600–900 CE), the Maya traded actively with communities in these regions, and this exchange enriched a regional polychrome ceramic tradition.

The Ulúa River system runs through northwestern Honduras, connecting highland lakes and valleys to the Caribbean Sea. During the Late Classic period (600–900 CE), the Maya traded actively with communities in these regions, and this exchange enriched a regional polychrome ceramic tradition. The Ulua Polychrome vessels presented here mostly originated in the Comayagua or Lake Yojoa regions.

Besides the hacha and palma, another commonly portrayed element of ballgame attire is the yoke, the protective padded waist belt worn by Mesoamerican ballgame players for deflecting the heavy rubber ball. The name derives from the animal working equipment, as it is similar in shape.

One of the hallmarks of Aztec art is sculpture in stone, which ranges in scale from colossal monuments to smaller portable objects.

The Maya used large stone vessels called zak-lak-tun (literally, white stone bowls) for public ceremonies and offerings. Smaller stone vessels, like this example from the Ulua Valley of Honduras, were highly prized and quite rare.