COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0184-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0184
Title:
Standing male child holding a rattle : sonriente.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The people of the modern state of Veracruz in ancient times produced thousands of laughing hollow children. The faces and bodies were formed with clay molds. The faces do not vary, but the headdresses have different symbols. Many happy faces show dental mutilation with the upper middle teeth filed in a t-shape. The smiling children have been killed by decapitation and their bodies smashed. Why the children are smiling is unknown.
Materials:
Ceramic: tan clay with white pigment: mold made.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 600 and 800
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Dimensions:
18 1/2 in high x 11 7/8 in wide x 8 5/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Veracruz, 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:
Veracruz
Period:
Classic Veracruz
