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Filename:
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MawM0340-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0340
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Title:
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Seated figure with elaborate corn headdress.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Small figures are good information sources for clothing and headdress styles worn in ancient times. This female figurine wears an unusual headdress with ears of corn. She may represent Chicomecoatl, the corn goddess.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: red-brown clay reduced; appliqued.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 400 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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2 13/16 in high x 2 1/8 in wide x 1 13/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Michoacán, 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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Michoacán
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Period:
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Late Preclassic
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