COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0344-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0344
Title:
Tlatilco acrobat.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
An unusual figure portraying an acrobat. The maker didn't quite understand bending human anatomy and 3-D sculpture. They created a three-dimensional male elite figure with a flat two-dimensional perspective
Materials:
Ceramic (earthenware): gray-brown clay, appliqued.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1150 B.C. and 550 B.C.
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Figure
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Tlatilco, 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:
Tlatilco
Period:
Middle Preclassic
