Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0216-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0216
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Title:
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Seated female holding a reclined male.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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A seated female holds a smaller male in her lap. She looks upon him with a smile and a great deal of affection. It is rare to see a show of care and affection in Mesoamerican art. Is she mother and adolescent son, or wife and husband?
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Materials:
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Ceramic: orangeish brown clay. Appliqued, incised, and burnished.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Figure
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Dimensions:
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3 11/16 in high x 4 5/8 in wide x 3 11/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Colima, 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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Postclassic
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