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Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform model : six figures with a dog.
Description
Platform models were created by the shaft tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. The most famous are architectural, but the smaller tableaus involve groups of people participating in significant activities.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seven male figures with a litter.
Description
On a raised platform, seven male figures form a procession. The smaller leader holding two fans is followed by four pallbearers and the deceased in a feathered coffin. Two adults form the rear guard. The six larger figures have developed male genitalia. The smaller leader has none and could be an adolescent male, while six of the large figures are adult males.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Drummer : shamanic flight.
Description
A male musician sits upon a drum. The act of sitting on a drum suggests shamanic flight. In other words, the music's rhythm aids the drummer and others into an altered state of consciousness or being aware of one's surroundings.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Seated male figure : mourner with hands on his head.
Description
The body language and facial expression of this seated male suggests mourning or a drug induced trance.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Warrior holding a shield and a spear.
Description
An alert warrior looks to the left. He may be acting as a guardian of the tomb and protecting the deceased. The majority of the warrior figures look left to ward off evil suggests there is a deeper meaning.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Larger seated figure wearing a turban sitting on a tripodal stand.
Description
The concept is the same; the tripodal platform being part of the man and the tripodal platform separated from the man. The execution of the seated figure is more exact, more refined. The sculpture has more detail.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male figure with elaborate headdress.
Description
A very common pose, a seated male draws up his legs, so his crossed arms can rest on his knees. The male wears an elaborate headdress with three crests. The light cream triangle over his nose separates the two dark brown triangles over his eyes.
Shaft Tomb culture; Chinesco style, type-C figure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated male musician playing a musical rasp.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted musician sits cross-legged holding an object in his left hand. The knotted rasp creates sounds when an object is dragged across the notches. The top or head of the rasp has been personified with two anthropomorphic heads.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated female with legs to the side : holding a bowl of food.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted female sits with her legs to her side indicating her special status. The bowl, held in her left hand, represents one of her functions. The right hand held out is very typical, but the meaning remains obscure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Seated female with legs to the side : holding a bowl of food.
Description
An elaborately dressed and painted female sits with her legs to her side indicating her special status. The bowl, held in her left hand, represents one of her functions. The right hand held out is very typical, but the meaning remains obscure.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
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