COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0283-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0283
Title:
Teotihuacán seated elite.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Earliest figurines were handmade with elaborate headdresses. The tradition began about 150 B.C., but around A.D. 250 mold-made figures began to be produced.
Teotihuacán figurines are usually found in residential middens and fills, which suggests they were used in household rituals in apartment compounds.
Teotihuacán figurines are usually found in residential middens and fills, which suggests they were used in household rituals in apartment compounds.
Materials:
Ceramic: buff-brown clay with traces of white pigment, red pigment, and yellow pigment. Fire marked. Intact: broken and glued.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 150 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Dimensions:
5 in high x 4 1/4 in wide x 3 1/2 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Teotihuacán, 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:
Early Teotihuacán
Period:
Early Classic
