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Filename: 
MawM0257-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0257
Title: 
Seated male figure with arms across his knees : button headdress.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
A male sits with a female, husband and wife. The concept of duality is expressed in opposites; male-female; young-old; day-night; sunrise-sunset; sun-moon; and life-death. The concept of duality is found throughout our world and the Mesoamerican world.
Materials: 
Ceramic: yellowish clay with brown pigment.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Figure
Dimensions: 
4 5/8 in high x 3 1/8 in wide x 3 3/8 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Jalisco, 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