Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0230-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0230
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Title:
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Set of five shell rings : smaller.
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Subject:
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Rings--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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Shells represent a source of wealth and were traded locally as well as long distance. Artists worked the shells into various forms of jewelry. This series of shell rings were manufactured from clam shells. The artist chose similar-sized shells and paid attention to the inner and outer diameters of the base shell ring. This could be achieved by wearing away or abrading the shell ring.
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Materials:
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Shell: glyceria (glycerimus?).
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Jewelry
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Dimensions:
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3/8 in wide x 3 3/8 in diameter
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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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