COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0086-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0086
Title:
Penate : seated stylized human figure wearing a mask and a maize headdress.
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The Mixtec sculpture represents a man squatting on the ground with his arms folded on top of his knees. These sculptures called penates are usually small personal amulets. The form of the body remains rectangular and divided into three square areas. They were mass produced for personal use. This large penate is unusual, because he wears a mask and a corn headdress. The Aztec name for this God is Centeotl, the young male corn God.
Materials:
Stone: mottled light green jadeite with dark green inclusions; string cut, carved, abraded, drilled and polished.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1260 and 1521
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Dimensions:
6 5/8 in high x 1 13/16 in wide x 1 5/8 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Oaxaca, Southern Mexico
Rights:
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture:
Mixtec
Period:
Late Post Classic
