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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Dancers in animal costumes perform a sacred Mayan Deer Dance
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Mayan Danza del Venado

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Danza Maya Aipop Tecum offers a sacred Mayan Deer Dance, part of ceremonies throughout the Guatemalan Highlands, in which the deer step forward to offer their flesh so that humans can live. Dancers wear deer skull headdresses, antlers, or masks. Danza Maya Ajpop Tecum is a Maya-Quiche dance group living in Los Angeles with family lineage in Olintepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

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