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Title
Seated anthropomorphic figure.
Description
During the Mesoamerican Middle Pre-Classic period, the Olmec culture of Veracruz, the Las Bocas Culture in Puebla, and the Tlatilco culture from the Valley of Mexico created unique ceramic vessels, figurines, and hollow sculptures. Hollow anthropomorphic figures, usually crawling or seated, appear as sexless "babies." Great care was lavished on many of these "babies," suggesting their cultural importance, which remains elusive to us.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1100 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Title
Aztec body stamp : undulating serpent.
Description
A brownware stamp features a plumed undulating rattlesnake. Post Classic Aztec myth speaks of his forceful breath which caused the newly created sun to move. His name is Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of wind, rain, and agricultural fertility.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : undulating serpent.
Description
A brownware stamp features a plumed undulating rattlesnake. Post Classic Aztec myth speaks of his forceful breath which caused the newly created sun to move. His name is Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of wind, rain, and agricultural fertility.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : undulating serpent.
Description
A brownware stamp features a plumed undulating rattlesnake. Post Classic Aztec myth speaks of his forceful breath which caused the newly created sun to move. His name is Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of wind, rain, and agricultural fertility.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : undulating serpent.
Description
A brownware stamp features a plumed undulating rattlesnake. Post Classic Aztec myth speaks of his forceful breath which caused the newly created sun to move. His name is Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of wind, rain, and agricultural fertility.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : undulating serpent.
Description
A brownware stamp features a plumed undulating rattlesnake. Post Classic Aztec myth speaks of his forceful breath which caused the newly created sun to move. His name is Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent of wind, rain, and agricultural fertility.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : monkey warrior.
Description
This anthropomorphic zoomorphic stamp illustrates a humanized monkey warrior, which carries a mace-like weapon and a shield. On his waist appears a longitudinal cross section of a shell, which can stand for Quetzalcoatl. The monkey image relates to Quetzalcoatl.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : monkey warrior.
Description
This anthropomorphic zoomorphic stamp illustrates a humanized monkey warrior, which carries a mace-like weapon and a shield. On his waist appears a longitudinal cross section of a shell, which can stand for Quetzalcoatl. The monkey image relates to Quetzalcoatl.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : monkey warrior.
Description
This anthropomorphic zoomorphic stamp illustrates a humanized monkey warrior, which carries a mace-like weapon and a shield. On his waist appears a longitudinal cross section of a shell, which can stand for Quetzalcoatl. The monkey image relates to Quetzalcoatl.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec body stamp : monkey warrior.
Description
This anthropomorphic zoomorphic stamp illustrates a humanized monkey warrior, which carries a mace-like weapon and a shield. On his waist appears a longitudinal cross section of a shell, which can stand for Quetzalcoatl. The monkey image relates to Quetzalcoatl.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec ceremonial censer : feather serpent motif.
Subject
[Ceramic censers--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec ceremonial censer : feather serpent motif.
Subject
[Ceramic censers--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec ceremonial censer : feather serpent motif.
Subject
[Ceramic censers--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Aztec ceremonial censer : feather serpent motif.
Subject
[Ceramic censers--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Standing female figure : dancer.
Description
Tlatilco potters excelled in small delicate figures, such as this young girl in a grass skirt dancing. Ninety percent of the figurines made during the Preclassic period were female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Title
Standing pregnant female.
Description
The majority of the female figurines are nude. This suggests the culture did not wear clothing, the figurines were dressed in perishable clothing, or missing earth pigments were used to indicate clothing. The figurine illustrates hairstyle and types of jewelry including ear plugs.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Title
Standing bearded male.
Description
During the Preclassic period, hand-modeled human figures were produced in abundance. The vast majority are female fertility figures, but there are the occasional males, shamans, and ballplayers.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Title
Pretty lady : standing female wearing a turban.
Description
In the valley of Mexico, the Tlatilco culture was located to the west of the great central Mexican lakes. Their society produced female figurines headdresses, hairstyles, jewelry, and sometimes clothing.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 B.C. and 500 B.C.
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Description
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic censers--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico]
Date
between 1325 and 1521
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Female standing watcher figure.
Description
Part of Student Study Ceramic grouping. A swale standing female figure with arms straight out. No description given.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 700
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
His headdress, ear spools, and pendant necklace point to his elite status. The hip girdle and knee pads suggest his profession: a ballplayer. The buttons on his feet indicate the Chupicuaro culture from Guanajuato.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Platform : two kneeling females beating an oval drum.
Description
A rather unusual platform group consisting of two seated females with an oval object between them. Each female holds a right hand to her head and the left hand rests or hits the oval object, perhaps a drum.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Aztec head from a mold-made figure.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top. Female? Concentrations of broken figurines (flat) in household context or debris rather than public buildings or temples suggest a personal or family context. the figurine called "ginger bread" flats, were manufactured by pressing wet clay into clay molds. They were removed for drying, firing, and painting. Fingerprints on the back.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Aztec head from a mold-made figure.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top. Female? Concentrations of broken figurines (flat) in household context or debris rather than public buildings or temples suggest a personal or family context. the figurine called "ginger bread" flats, were manufactured by pressing wet clay into clay molds. They were removed for drying, firing, and painting. Fingerprints on the back.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Aztec head from a mold-made figure.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top. Female? Concentrations of broken figurines (flat) in household context or debris rather than public buildings or temples suggest a personal or family context. the figurine called "ginger bread" flats, were manufactured by pressing wet clay into clay molds. They were removed for drying, firing, and painting. Fingerprints on the back.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 1521
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