COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0273-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0273
Title:
Seven male figures with a litter.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Nayarit
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-brown clay with red-brown, brown, cream, yellow, and black slip.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Object Type:
Platform model
Dimensions:
3 5/8 in high x 3 7/8 in wide x 5 1/8 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
Period:
Protoclassic
