Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche

Earthenware Jar from Tonalá, mid- 18th-late- 18th century, Burnished and painted earthenware, 33 1/2 × 22 3/8 × 13 13/16 in. (85.1 × 56.9 × 35.1 cm), Purchased with funds provided by the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment Fund, 2021.21

Portrait of a man, Roman, late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D., Marble, Lent by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes.

Wada, Waichisai III (1899-1975), Flower Basket, 1945-72, Madake, rattan, wood and urushi covered metal beads, Object: 12.5 x 11 x 12 in., Otōshi: 10.75 x 3.875 x 3.875 in., Tomobako: 13.25 x 11.75 x 13 in., 4.6 lb., Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, © Artist or artist estate, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, photo by TAI Modern.

Crane, Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico, ca. 1930, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection, 85.98.664

Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871–1946), La Malinche (Young Girl of Yalala, Oaxaca), 1940. Oil paint on canvas; 50 x 40 1/2 in. Phoenix Art Museum: Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of Mexican Art, 1979.86. © The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project, reproduced by permission