Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Cambiaré la faz del misterio ancestral (Changing the face of ancestral mystery), Archival pigment print, 2021Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Cambiaré la faz del misterio ancestral (Changing the face of ancestral mystery), detail 1, Archival pigment print, 2021Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Cambiaré la faz del misterio ancestral (Changing the face of ancestral mystery), detail 2, Archival pigment print, 2021Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Cambiaré la faz del misterio ancestral (Changing the face of ancestral mystery), detail 3, Archival pigment print, 2021Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Cambiaré la faz del misterio ancestral (Changing the face of ancestral mystery), detail 4, Archival pigment print, 2021Artist Unknown, Man’s Head, Mexican Clay, 1000-1200 A.D. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Funded by MSU Development Fund 68.89.Artist Unknown, Man’s Head, Mexican Clay, 1000-1200 A.D. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Funded by MSU Development Fund 68.89.Artist Unknown, Man’s Head, Mexican Clay, 1000-1200 A.D. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Funded by MSU Development Fund 68.89. Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b . 1942) Manos Poderosas, Juchitán (Powerful Hands, Juchitán) Gelatin silver print, 1986 MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Funded by the Office of the VP for ResearchLuis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Flor Garduno: (Mexican, b . 1957) Tree in Yalalag, Mexico, Gelatin silver print, 1983 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, Funded by the Office of the VP for Research and Graduate Studies. 2007.9.4. Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (Mexican, b.1899- d.1991) Observador de Pájaros (Bird Watcher) Color Lithography, 1950, MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Purchase 59.27.Artist Unknown, Old Woman with a Child of the Nobility, Mayan rattle & 3-tone whistle Warm tan clay with vestiges of white slip, ca.700-900 A.D. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Funded by MSU Development Fund 70.62.Artist Unknown, Standing Female Figurine, Mexican Brown clay, remnants of black and red paint, Date unknown. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Gift of Cedric H. Marks 69.384.Artist Unknown, Standing Female Figurine, Mexican Light brown clay, remnants of black and red paint, Date unknown. MSU Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Gift of Cedric H. Marks 69.380. Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 1, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 2, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 3, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 4, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 5, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Luis Alvaro Sahagun Nuño, Magia Madre (Mother Magic), detail 6, Graphite and charcoal on Arches Rives BFK paper, 2021.Artist Unknown, Head, Mexican Clay, vestiges of red paint, ca. 1000-500 B.C. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, Funded by the MSU Development Fund 71.113.4Artist Unknown, Head, Mexican Clay, vestiges of red paint, ca. 1000-500 B.C. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, Funded by the MSU Development Fund 71.113.4 All Photos Courtesy of Alex Nichols