COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
mediaCollectionId
CalStateLA~9~9
MAW Collection
Collection
true
Filename:
MawM0115-000.jp2
filename
MawM0115-000.jp2
Filename
false
Identifying Number:
MawM0115
identifier
MawM0115
Identifying Number
false
Title:
Standing elderly pregnant female.
title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Title
false
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island
subject
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island
Subject
false
Subject:
Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island
subject
Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island
Subject
false
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
subject
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject
false
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
subject
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject
false
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Jaina Island
subject
Art--Mexico--Jaina Island
Subject
false
Description:
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Description
false
Materials:
Ceramic: reduced clay with polychromed stucco: red-brown, Maya blue, and black pigment.
materials
Ceramic: reduced clay with polychromed stucco: red-brown, Maya blue, and black pigment.
Materials
false
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
publisher
California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
false
Date:
between 500 and 900
date
between 500 and 900
Date
false
Type:
Artifact
type
Artifact
Type
false
Object Type:
Figure
format
Figure
Object Type
false
Dimensions:
11 1/2 in high x 2 1/16 in wide x 2 9/16 in depth
dimensions
11 1/2 in high x 2 1/16 in wide x 2 9/16 in depth
Dimensions
false
Collection:
MAW Collection
source
MAW Collection
Collection
false
Location:
Jaina Island, Mexico
coverage
Jaina Island, Mexico
Location
false
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).
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).
Rights
false
Culture:
Maya
culture
Maya
Culture
false
Period:
Late Classic
period
Late Classic
Period
false