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Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Standing female figure wearing elaborate headdress.
Description
The early Remojada culture fashioned solid figures of males, females and children in a naturalistic style. They were hand made with tan clay and detailed with small pieces of clay. Black chapopote or asphalt was used to heighten details or to indicate body paint.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Art--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 301 A.D.
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Flared neck olla : with zoomorphic shoulder design.
Description
A seated warrior wears a conical helmet. He holds a weapon (spear) and a shield. A whistle has been incorporated into the rear support.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1400
Title
Obsidian disc.
Description
Obsidian has been core flaked and pressure flaked to form a very cylinder. It was abraded and polished the perimeter was grooved wearing.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Obsidian disc.
Description
Obsidian has been core flaked and pressure flaked to form a very cylinder. It was abraded and polished the perimeter was grooved wearing.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Obsidian disc.
Description
Obsidian has been core flaked and pressure flaked to form a very cylinder. It was abraded and polished the perimeter was grooved wearing.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Obsidian disc.
Description
Obsidian has been core flaked and pressure flaked to form a very cylinder. It was abraded and polished the perimeter was grooved wearing.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Obsidian, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
Description
The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
Subject
[Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Purépecha art--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1300 and 1532
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Standing shamanic figure holding an olla.
Description
An abstracted male figure carries an olla on his shoulder. The shaman wears an elaborate horned headdress, a phallic necklace, armband, black pants and black leg bands. His ears are pierced.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State), Art--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Owl Maskette
Description
This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
Subject
[Masks--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
Title
Standing male figure : ballplayer.
Description
A male Chupicuaro figure wears a headdress, a wrapped left arm, and a left knee pad. He wears the basic equipment needed to play the Mesoamerican ballgame with a rubber ball.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Art--Mexico--Chupícuaro (Guanajuato), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
200 B.C. and 1 B.C
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.
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