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Title
Six spindle whorls.
Description
Spindle whorls have two parts: a ceramic disc with a hole for a vertical wooden element (thin stick). Animal or plant fibers are attached to the stick and disc which spins. The fibers are twisted together to form a thread or string for weaving or sewing.
Subject
[Spindle-whorls, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
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
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing a headdress and jewelry.
Description
In a mild or warm climate, there is little need for clothing, just pubic covering. Personal adornment included an animal headdress, ear spools and a pendant necklace. Body paint or chapopote heighten features and decorated the body.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Description
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 150 and 750
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Description
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1450
Title
Anthropomorphic musical rasp.
Description
Ceramic Nayarit musicians demonstrate how a rasp was held, played, and looked. A grooved rasp was played with a bore, a shell or wooden object that was dragged over the grooves to produce an unusual sound.
Subject
[Files and rasps, Percussion instruments--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic musical rasp.
Description
Ceramic Nayarit musicians demonstrate how a rasp was held, played, and looked. A grooved rasp was played with a bore, a shell or wooden object that was dragged over the grooves to produce an unusual sound.
Subject
[Files and rasps, Percussion instruments--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic musical rasp.
Description
Ceramic Nayarit musicians demonstrate how a rasp was held, played, and looked. A grooved rasp was played with a bore, a shell or wooden object that was dragged over the grooves to produce an unusual sound.
Subject
[Files and rasps, Percussion instruments--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic musical rasp.
Description
Ceramic Nayarit musicians demonstrate how a rasp was held, played, and looked. A grooved rasp was played with a bore, a shell or wooden object that was dragged over the grooves to produce an unusual sound.
Subject
[Files and rasps, Percussion instruments--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 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 : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Macehead : transforming images : 2.
Description
A macehead is a symbol of power, authority, and an object of destruction. The dog heads could represent food, companionship, warmth, or a guide or visitor to the underworld. Turn the macehead over and there are two horned frogs, a good source of a hallucinogenic drug. The poison allowed a shaman access to other worlds. The frog is associated with renewal, change, or transformation and fertility.
Subject
[Sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Mahogany obsidian pectoral.
Description
This crescent-shaped pectoral has two pointed ends, which can be interpreted as a two-headed bird, a caiman, or an iguana. The pectoral represents duality and transformation.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 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.
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