COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0211-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0211
Title:
Archaic joined pair : twins.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Two male figures are seated with their arms around each others shoulders. They are very similar, except one is a bit taller and the other has a horn (the mark of a shaman). Are they twins? It is also possible that they larger figure is female and the horned figure a male. Are they a couple?
Materials:
Ceramic: buff-red-orange clay; appliqued, incised, and burnished.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
Between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Dimensions:
4 in high x 4 11/16 in wide x 2 5/16 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
