Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0160-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0160
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Title:
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Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
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Subject:
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Stucco sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Maya sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Maya art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
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Materials:
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Stucco with brown-red pigment.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 500 and 800
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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11 1/2 in high x 8 7/8 in wide x 4 7/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Southern Mexico
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Rights:
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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).
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Culture:
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Maya
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Period:
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Late Classic
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