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Filename: 
MawM0189-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0189
Title: 
West Mexican stamp seals : two.
Subject: 
Stamp seals--Mexico
Subject: 
Art--Mexico
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Both of these stamp seals are perforated for suspension. They depict abstract faces wearing a triple tipped headdress, large round eyes with three vertical linear elements below them. The images suggest the Rain God, Tlaloc.
Materials: 
Ceramic (earthenware): red-brown clay.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 400 and 100 BC
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Stamp
Dimensions: 
1 in high x 1 1/16 in wide x 3/4 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Colima, 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: 
Preclassic
Period: 
Preclassic