Ceramics Of West Mexico

Chupícuaro s main archaeological site is located in the north central mexican state of guanajuato.

Ceramics of west mexico. The limits of the teuchitlan tradition pdf. American museum of natural history mexican and central american virtual hall accessed april 2008. Jalisco nayarit and colima were the primary sites creating some of the most intriguing and visually stimulating art of the time despite their removal from such infamous groups as the aztec. The ancient ceramics of west mexico.

Vessel explores the relationship between form and function through ancient west mexican ceramics. If you decide to try collecting yourself a visit to pottery of the southwest gallery will be a learning experience that will launch you into building the collection of your dreams. The gallery specializes in authentic hand coiled historic and contemporary southwest indian pueblo pottery. Crocker art museum gift of the alfred and beatrice stern family 2013 99 1 photo by scott mccue photography.

The ceramics of west mexico were very different from contemporary civilizations. Curated by unlv alumni and museum staff paige bockman m a. Unknown colima maker west mexico large dog figure 250 bce 250 ce. Political boundaries and political structure.

The exhibition is organized by shape and visitors are invited to contemplate how the form of each vessel informs both practical use and communicates ideas of power identity and belief. Burnished low fire ceramic earthenware with black and red pigments and manganese oxide residue 11 3 4 x 17 x 8 in. Naguals mythical shape shifters often portrayed on west mexico ceramics. Ceramics in mexico date back thousands of years before the pre columbian period when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced civilizations and cultures of mesoamerica with one exception pre hispanic wares were not glazed but rather burnished and painted with colored fine clay slips the potter s wheel was unknown as well.

This paper examines the figural ceramics of cacaxtla tlaxcala mexico particularly the group of architectural decorations known as the once. Pieces were shaped by molding coiling and. Jalisco nayarit and colima were the primary sites creating some of the most intriguing and visually stimulating art. Ceramic figures hm pre columbian west mexico have long been admired for their expressive qualities and by the middle of the twentieth century they became valuable additions to public and private collections worldwide.