COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0197-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0197
Title:
Obsidian jewelry : crescent-shaped pectorals.
Subject:
Jewelry--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject:
Obsidian
Description:
Obsidian is a hard, black volcanic glass that can be worked with ease. Mesoamericans knocked off thin layers or blades from an obsidian core and further refined or shaped their tools or objects by pressing or pushing off small pieces of the stone. Blades were further flattened or worn away with abrasive grits or sands. Holes were drilled or knocked into the blade. These obsidian crescent pendants (jewelry) have been created using the above process.
Materials:
Black obsidian: core flaked, pressure flaked, drilled, and abraded
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Jewelry
Dimensions:
varies
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Jalisco, 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
