Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0252-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0252
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Title:
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Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
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Subject:
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Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: brown clay with red-brown, tan and black slip.
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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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3 11/16 in high x 3 1/2 in wide x 4 1/2 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Nayarit, 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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Style:
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Ixtlan del Rio
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Period:
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Protoclassic
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