COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0198-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0198
Title:
Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
Subject:
Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
These wedge-shaped pendants were created by core flaking and pressure flaking a soft stone. Once the basic wedge shape was produced, it was refined or flattened with abrasive grits or sands. The holes were drilled for suspending the pectoral.
Materials:
Stone: core flaked, abraded and drilled. Shale with inclusions.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Jewelry
Object Type:
Ornament
Dimensions:
varies
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Nayarit, 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
