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Title
Playas red incised olla.
Description
There are ten different Playas incised redware styles. This olla has a flared rim, a restricted neck, horizontal shoulder incisions and two diagonal linear designs.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Playas red incised olla.
Description
There are ten different Playas incised redware styles. This olla has a flared rim, a restricted neck, horizontal shoulder incisions and two diagonal linear designs.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Playas red incised olla.
Description
There are ten different Playas incised redware styles. This olla has a flared rim, a restricted neck, horizontal shoulder incisions and two diagonal linear designs.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Art--Mexico--Casas Grandes, Ceramic sculpture, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1280 and 1600
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated male.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 251 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Zacatecas seated female.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Art--Mexico--Teocaltiche (Jalisco), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Anthropomorphic pendant.
Description
A natural gray-green stone (pebble) has been shaped into a human form. The back side of the stone is natural, but the front has been string-cut and conically drilled for suspension.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Art--Mexico--Guerrero (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 A.D.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing Caesarean figure.
Description
The Mezcala culture in Guerrero is known for its stone sculptures of temples, abstract humans and animals. This large solid female ceramic type is unique. They didn't create other types of ceramic figurines. This figurine wears a headdress, ear ornaments and projections on her legs that could represent scarification or musical leg instruments. The groove from her chest to abdomen suggests ritual sacrifice or caesarian birth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Art--Mexico--Iguala de la Independencia, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 200 B.C.
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