Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0295-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0295
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Title:
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Kneeling female figure giving birth.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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In Spanish, you would say "dar a luz" or "to give light" and in English "to give birth." The Mesoamericans considered the womb like a cave and the birthing process emerging into the light or life, in other words, resurrection. The position of the left hand to the head and the right hand on her abdomen describes an iconic position for childbirth in Mesoamerica.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: tan clay with traces of red pigment.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
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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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3 1/4 in high x 2 1/8 in wide x 1 1/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Cuanalan, 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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Cuanalan
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Period:
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Late Preclassic
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