COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0194-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0194
Title:
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Subject:
Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Materials:
Carved dark speckled green stone: dog's head, horned frogs.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Sculpture
Object Type:
Weapon
Dimensions:
3 in high x 1 7/8 in wide x 4 3/8 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
