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Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Whistle in the form of two people : conjoined mourning twins.
Description
People with unusual appearances may have held a special position in Mesoamerican societies. Normal twins were very special and conjoined twins a rarity. The individuals represented are very close together. Their two arms wrap around each other. Their posture suggests they are mourners, ill, sleeping, or drugged. The hollow body of the twins forms an Ocarina.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Nayarit, Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Double-lobed polychromed offering bowl.
Description
The double-chambered offering bowl has the same basic design inside the bowls. In one chamber, there is a double-headed serpent. The other bowl has a pattern of diamonds that form a coiled abstract diamond-back serpent. The bottom of the bowls has been painted with parallel lines across the bowls.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
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