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Filename: 
MawM0259-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0259
Title: 
Seated mother and child.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Jalisco
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
A major concept in Mesoamerica is duality or opposition. These figures represent a child beginning to develop and a mature female beginning to decline. The two together represent life and death evolving.
Materials: 
Ceramic: yellowish clay reduced.
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 4 5/16 in wide x 3 13/16 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