COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0271-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0271
Title:
Food offerings : 8.
Subject:
Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Pottery--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Eight miniature shallow bowls hold various kinds of food for the deceased. They do not look like fruits, but two bowls suggest a quadruped, the dog. The other bowls could be different arrangements of masa. They represent gifts from the living to the dead in the afterlife.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-brown clay with tan slip; no pigments. A plate: 18 balls. B plate: 17 tunnels. C plate: 32 balls. D plate: ball/quadraped. E plate: 2 quadrepeds. F plate: large cone. G plate: drum shape. H plate: small cone.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Sculpture
Object Type:
Ceremonial object
Dimensions:
1/2 to 1 1/2 in high x 1 to 1 1/2 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Colima, 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
