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Figural Group with Temple Scene

OriginColima, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumEarthenware, slip, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 18.5 x 15 x 14 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in., 14 cm)
DescriptionColima figure with temple scene, Late Formative period, with raised platform reached by a staircase on both sides. A seated figure with crossed arms and a dog, and there is another staircase leading to a lintel with a sacrificed victim placed between two turrets above. Figure painted in black pigment.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.28
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
Not on view
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300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.26
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Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
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Artist / Maker: Chupícuaro artist(s)
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.24
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Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.41
Large Seated Male Figure
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.42
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Artist / Maker: Zapotec artist(s)
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
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Artist / Maker: Chupícuaro artist(s)
1-400 CE
Object number: G83.1.67
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Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.38
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Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
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Artist / Maker: Colima artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.31
Duck-shaped Vessel
Artist / Maker: Colima artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.33
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Artist / Maker: Colima artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.36