COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0261-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0261
Title:
Seated female with legs to the side : holding a bowl of food.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
An elaborately dressed and painted female sits with her legs to her side indicating her special status. The bowl, held in her left hand, represents one of her functions. The right hand held out is very typical, but the meaning remains obscure.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-brown clay, red slip with white and black slip
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Dimensions:
4 5/16 in high x 3 1/8 in wide x 2 3/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Nayarit, 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
Style:
Ixtlan del Rio
Period:
Protoclassic
