COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0004-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0004
Title:
Casas Grandes Miniature Seated Male
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Seated effigies, female or male, are usually the large hooded form. Miniatures are a rarity. This seated male, with his folded arms resting on his knees, has the image of Quetzalcoatl painted on his side and back, a Mesoamerican influence.
Materials:
Ceramic (earthenware): tan clay, polychrome slip, black and red on cream ground.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1100 and 1600
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Ceramic sculpture
Object Type:
Effigy
Dimensions:
2 11/16 in high x 2 1/8 in wide x 2 9/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Chihuahua, 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:
Casas Grandes
Period:
Medio
Period:
Pueblo III-IV
