COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
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:
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
