Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0198-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0198
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Title:
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Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
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Subject:
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Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Stone: core flaked, abraded and drilled. Shale with inclusions.
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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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Object Type:
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Ornament
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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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Nayarit, 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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