Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0259-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0259
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Title:
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Seated mother and child.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jalisco
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Jalisco
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: yellowish clay reduced.
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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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Dimensions:
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4 13/16 in high x 4 5/16 in wide x 3 13/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Jalisco, 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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