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Filename: 
MawM0227-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0227
Title: 
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Materials: 
Ceramic: tan 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 13/16 in high x 2 15/16 in wide x 2 1/8 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Colima, Mexico
Rights: 
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Culture: 
Shaft Tomb
Period: 
Protoclassic