COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0196-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0196
Title:
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Materials:
Carved green stone: parrot, dog's head, lizard, and horn frog.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Sculpture
Object Type:
Weapon
Dimensions:
4 3/8 in high x 1 13/16 in wide x 2 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:
Shaft Tomb
Period:
Protoclassic
