West Mexico
Subtitle: ritual and identity
By: co-curators, Robert B. Pickering, Cheryl Smallwood-Roberts
Contributors: Smallwood-Roberts, Cheryl; Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Series: Gilcrease ancient America series; Gilcrease ancient America series
Publisher: Gilcrease Museum/Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780997230413
Subjects: Catalogs; Indian pottery; Indians of Mexico; Antiquities; Pottery figures; Ancient Figurines; Excavations (Archaeology); Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Notes: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition, West Mexico : ritual and identity, organized by Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and presented in the museum's Getty Gallery from June 26 to November 6, 2016"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James Pepper Henry; title: Introduction / Robert B. Pickering; title: Geography and ceramic styles. Geography of western Mexico ; What was it like there? ; Ceramic styles by region; title: The culture behind the shaft tomb. The world above and the world below ; Looting antiquities : a worldwide problem; title: Recognizing this culture. Architecture ; Deities and iconography ; Figures from everyday life; title: Humanizing the ancients. Interpreting the figures ; Body modification ; Painting and tattooing ; Pathology; title: Ceramic dogs. Colima and Nayarit ceramic dogs; title: Vessel forms. The artistry of west Mexico pottery; title: The science behind the research. The authenticity issue ; CAT scans ; Endoscopy ; Dating : TL & 14C ; XRF and SEM testing ; Mineral deposits ; Residue analysis studies ; Field work ; Identifying fakes; title: Inspirations. Culture as a catalyst to art ; Catalogue of the exhibition.