Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0192-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0192
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Title:
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Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
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Subject:
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Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Obsidian
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Description:
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Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
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Materials:
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Black obsidian: core flaked, pressure flaked, drilled and abraded.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Jewelry
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Dimensions:
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Varies
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Colima, 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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Shaft Tomb
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Period:
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Protoclassic
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