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Title
Standing shamanic figure with arms straight out.
Description
The posture or stance suggests a ritual activity, such as dancing, twirling, singing, or chanting, which if done over a long period of time produces an altered state of consciousness.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing ritual figures : joined figures.
Description
Two elite males struggle with each other. They hold each other's hair or headdress, which indicates defeat. One male holds a spherical objective in his hand and is about to hit the other male. They could be engaged in storytelling, a fight, a sacrifice, or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated mother holding a child.
Description
A mother sits with her legs straight out. She holds her child very securely with one arm wrapped around him. She holds the child with great protection and at the same time she presents the child.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated mother holding a child.
Description
A mother sits with her legs straight out. She holds her child very securely with one arm wrapped around him. She holds the child with great protection and at the same time she presents the child.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated mother holding a child.
Description
A mother sits with her legs straight out. She holds her child very securely with one arm wrapped around him. She holds the child with great protection and at the same time she presents the child.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated mother holding a child.
Description
A mother sits with her legs straight out. She holds her child very securely with one arm wrapped around him. She holds the child with great protection and at the same time she presents the child.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated mother holding a child.
Description
A mother sits with her legs straight out. She holds her child very securely with one arm wrapped around him. She holds the child with great protection and at the same time she presents the child.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Ritual activity : whistle : joined figures.
Description
A seated elite couple engages in a ritual ceremony. The large male holds on to the female's headdress. She holds on to that arm and touches his cheek with her hand. He holds out a spherical object about to hit her. The meaning is unknown: a sacrifice or a curing ceremony.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing Figure Wearing a Skirt or a Kilt
Description
Many Mesoamerican cultures practiced body modification, which marked a person's status and cultural affiliation. When babies are born, the center of their skulls are made of very flexible cartilage. Mesoamericans bound the heads of newborn babies in different ways to create different head shapes.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated couple : male with hand on shoulder.
Description
A male sits with his right knee drawn to his body and he rests his right elbow on it. He touches his left shoulder with his right hand. He has traces of black pigment on his eyes, mouth, upper arms, clothing, and right leg.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Colima anthropomorphic, zoomorphic figure.
Description
The eyes, ears, mouth, and spine were inlaid in this figurative deep blue-green stone. The stone's image is obviously male, but less apparent are the secondary front and rear faces. Lay the stone stomach down, it transforms into a resting frog, the symbol of fertility. The stone transforms from a man to a frog and maybe a dog.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 4.
Description
A macehead can symbolize power and authority, but this macehead represents transformation. All the animals depicted on this macehead have the ability to move symbolically or physically from the underworld to the living world to the heavens of gods and ancestors. Individually, they represent different concepts: abundance, fertility, rebirth, renewal, and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Shaft tomb model.
Description
Mesoamerican shaft tombs are found in the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Southwestern Zacatecas, and Nayarit. They can be from six feet to sixty-two feet below the surface, down a vertical shaft. Off the shaft, there are chambers for the deceased to rest in and gifts needed in the afterlife. This model has been personified.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Title
Colima Tlaloc fang-faced vessel.
Description
A squat spherical vessel has a spout and a pedestal base added to the body. The body has been appliqued with the characteristics of Tlaloc, the Mesoamerican Rain God. His attributes are concentric goggled eyes, an angular nose, a mustache, and a large toothy fanged mouth
Subject
[Drinking vessels -- Mexico -- Colima (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1200
Title
Colima Tlaloc fang-faced vessel.
Description
A squat spherical vessel has a spout and a pedestal base added to the body. The body has been appliqued with the characteristics of Tlaloc, the Mesoamerican Rain God. His attributes are concentric goggled eyes, an angular nose, a mustache, and a large toothy fanged mouth
Subject
[Drinking vessels -- Mexico -- Colima (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 800 and 1200
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