Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0229-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0229
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Title:
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Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
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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 elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: red-orange clay with red and white pigment. Reduced, appliqued and incised.
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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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Object Type:
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Whistle
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Dimensions:
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4 1/16 in high x 5 1/16 in wide x 2 3/16 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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Protoclassic
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