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Title
Large articulated figure.
Description
A very unusual articulated figure, because of its size and craftsmanship. The hand-made figure incorporates the cleft head, Teotihuacan face, ear spools and collar-necklace as well as belly flap from a previous birth.
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Large articulated figure.
Description
A very unusual articulated figure, because of its size and craftsmanship. The hand-made figure incorporates the cleft head, Teotihuacan face, ear spools and collar-necklace as well as belly flap from a previous birth.
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Large articulated figure.
Description
A very unusual articulated figure, because of its size and craftsmanship. The hand-made figure incorporates the cleft head, Teotihuacan face, ear spools and collar-necklace as well as belly flap from a previous birth.
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Large articulated figure.
Description
A very unusual articulated figure, because of its size and craftsmanship. The hand-made figure incorporates the cleft head, Teotihuacan face, ear spools and collar-necklace as well as belly flap from a previous birth.
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Large articulated figure.
Description
A very unusual articulated figure, because of its size and craftsmanship. The hand-made figure incorporates the cleft head, Teotihuacan face, ear spools and collar-necklace as well as belly flap from a previous birth.
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated female figure : hair braided on right side.
Description
A nude female sits with crossed legs wearing a headdress with ornaments, braided hair with hair ornaments, ear spools, and several bracelets. Her slightly swollen belly indicates pregnancy or a past pregnancy (belly flap).
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Medium articulated figure.
Description
Articulated figures are found in burials usually in pairs indicating some sort of funerary function. The majority of the figures are female and if lines appear on the lower body that would indicate a previous birth. The head and body unit is mold-made, while the arms and legs are hand-made. Teotihuacan figures have a clefted head or headdress, a Teotihuacan face, ear spools and a collar necklace.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Seated male figure with crossed arms.
Description
A nude male sits with his knees drawn up to his chest. His left arm rests on his knees. He wears an assortment of jewelry and the chinstrap headdress suggests a ballplayer. The habit of sitting with drawn knees and arms resting on them is a very typical posture in Mesoamerican sculpture.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Kneeling female figure giving birth.
Description
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.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Obsidian core.
Description
Obsidian, the stone of choice for making cutting tools, produced very sharp blades. The striking surfaces of this core has been oxidized. Long uniform blades have been pressure flaked from the core, running the length of the core. One blade did not reach the top of the core and broke prematurely.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Weapons--Mexico, Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 900
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Reclining female puppy.
Description
Potters produced thousands of thin orangeware effigy vessels. The curled-up dog with a rounded opening in the center of the dog's back became the most popular effigy. Many Mesoamericans believe dogs led the dead through the underworld after death. Either sculptures of dogs or real dogs were placed in many Teotihuacanos burials.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Projectile point : green obsidian.
Description
The only source for green obsidian is located at Pachuca in the modern Mexican state of Hidalgo near Teotihuacan. The point was formed by core flaking and refined with pressure flaking. The Pachuca source was controlled by the Teotihuacanos during the Classic period and later by the Toltecas and Aztecas during the Post Classic period.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Hidalgo (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 1521
Title
Dog effigy bowl.
Description
An ovular bowl form has been appliqued with three triangular pierced legs, a tail, and a dog's head. A black checkerboard pattern surrounded by a long rectangle appears on each side. One ear and eye have been painted black.
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Dog effigy bowl.
Description
An ovular bowl form has been appliqued with three triangular pierced legs, a tail, and a dog's head. A black checkerboard pattern surrounded by a long rectangle appears on each side. One ear and eye have been painted black.
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Dog effigy bowl.
Description
An ovular bowl form has been appliqued with three triangular pierced legs, a tail, and a dog's head. A black checkerboard pattern surrounded by a long rectangle appears on each side. One ear and eye have been painted black.
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 A.D.
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