DS.1990.157 Untitled (Bust Fragment) (Mexico, West Mexico, Michoacan style)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The preclassic cultures of West Mexico occupied the modern states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima, where artisans produced a variety of ceramic figures in distinctive regional styles. This ceramic figural fragment is from Middle Preclassic (Late Formative) Mexico and represents the Michoacan style.
2000.238.FA Crouching male figure (Colima, Mexico, West Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Small carvings of human figures are a common sculptural theme among the various cultural groups of both Central and West Mexico.
1989.82 Standing Woman (Huastec, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This standing woman fits within the Classic period Veracruz stylistic tradition. It is attributed to the Huastec region in the Gulf Coast of Mexico, which had a sophisticated ceramic tradition but little is known archaeologically. Veracruz style ceramics usually depict human figures, often elaborately costumed, in a variety of poses.
1977.52 Bowl with ceremonially costumed figures (Rio Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The distinctive Veracruz ceramic style attributed to the Rio Blanco region features small, hemispheric bowls with exterior relief decoration. The bowls depict scenes in which ceremonially costumed human figures engage in ritual activity. On the Dallas bowl, two male figures sit, and four kneel on one leg.
1973.59 Hacha: Person Wearing Mouth Mask (Classic Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Besides the yoke and palma, another commonly portrayed element of ballgame attire is the hacha.
1973.58 Seated man and woman (Jalisco, Mexico, West Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This couple has several characteristic features of the Jalisco ceramic style: bulging and thickâlidded eyes, carefully modeled noses, wide mouths with parted lips, and frontal, somewhat static poses.
1973.56 Pendant: Standing Figure (Colima, Mexico, West Mexico)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Small carvings of human figures are a common sculptural theme among the various cultural groups of both Central and West Mexico.