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Title
Standing male : holding a spherical object.
Description
A small male figure holds a large spherical object to his face. The object could represent a fruit or a ball of masa, and the male would be eating. In an alternate view, the object is a rubber ball and the male, a ball player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing male : holding a spherical object.
Description
A small male figure holds a large spherical object to his face. The object could represent a fruit or a ball of masa, and the male would be eating. In an alternate view, the object is a rubber ball and the male, a ball player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing male : holding a spherical object.
Description
A small male figure holds a large spherical object to his face. The object could represent a fruit or a ball of masa, and the male would be eating. In an alternate view, the object is a rubber ball and the male, a ball player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing male : holding a spherical object.
Description
A small male figure holds a large spherical object to his face. The object could represent a fruit or a ball of masa, and the male would be eating. In an alternate view, the object is a rubber ball and the male, a ball player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing male : holding a spherical object.
Description
A small male figure holds a large spherical object to his face. The object could represent a fruit or a ball of masa, and the male would be eating. In an alternate view, the object is a rubber ball and the male, a ball player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing female figure : with diamond eyes and belly flap.
Description
Small figurines can illustrate concepts of beauty. The arm bumps could be jewelry or they were created by cutting the skin and rubbing a substance into the wound. Indigenous skin forms a swollen scar when healed. These scars represent a beauty concept and/or a rite of passage. The belly flap indicates childbirth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
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