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Filename: 
MawM0018-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0018
Title: 
Ramos polychrome olla : abstract parrot heads, dentated red lines.
Subject: 
Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Casas Grandes
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
The design band has been compressed at the top and the bottom. Note the vertical column which separates the two main panels. Within the vertical band, you can see the concept of duality manifested in reversed shapes and different colors. The main panel has a diagonal design with opposite colors and shapes.
Materials: 
Ceramic: clay with polychrome slip: black and red on cream ground.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 1280 and 1450
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Vessel
Object Type: 
Pot
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 in high x 8 in diameter
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Chihuahua, 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: 
Casas Grandes
Period: 
Early Post Classic