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Filename: 
MawM0190-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0190
Title: 
Obsidian jewelry : pendants : nose ring with zoomorphic design.
Subject: 
Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Nose rings--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Disc: Obsidian blades are knocked off the core. They can be thick or thin depending on the skill of the knapper. This disc or mirror is so thin it is transparent. Teardrop pendant: The obsidian teardrop pendant is curved. The artist or knapper used the natural curve of the volcanic glass. The edges were pressure flaked and dulled with stones. The convex surface of the pendant has been smoothed with abrasive sands or grits. Nosering (zoomorphic design): This nose ring or nose ornament was shaped from a thin obsidian blade. The U-shaped notches were formed as part of the pressure flaking process. This broken nose ornament has an insect quality to its shape, even though the foil is missing.
Materials: 
Black obsidian: core flaked, pressure flaked, drilled and abraded.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 250 BC and 250
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Jewelry
Dimensions: 
Disc: 1 3/8 in long x 1 1/8 in wide x 1/4 in deep
Dimensions: 
Teardrop: 2 1/4 in long x 13/16 in wide x 1/8 in deep
Dimensions: 
Nose ring: 1 3/4 in long x 3/4 in wide x 1/16 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: 
Shaft Tomb
Period: 
Protoclassic