Ceramic human figure head fragment
A ceramic head, possibly from a figurine, nose and mouth are still fully intact. This fragment was likely part of a ceramic effigy used for ceremonial purposes. Similar fragments have been attributed to Central Mexico, illustrating the Teothuacán style of the Classical period. This fragment may have previously had a lavish headdress typical of the figures of the period.
Creator
- The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- ceramic fragments
- Mesoamerican
- Teotihuacan
- figure fragment
- Mexico Late Preclassical to Classic period
- ceramics (object genre)
- figurines
- figures (representations)
- archaeological objects
- Figurine
- Archaeological artifact
- Ceramic
- Figure
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- ceramic fragments
- Mesoamerican
- Teotihuacan
- figure fragment
- Mexico Late Preclassical to Classic period
- ceramics (object genre)
- figurines
- figures (representations)
- archaeological objects
- Figurine
- Archaeological artifact
- Ceramic
- Figure
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 2022
- 2022
Temporal
- 100 BCE - 700 CE
Places
- Valle de Teothihuacan, Juárez, Mexico
Provenance
- Models are created using Shining3D’s Einscan Pro 2X laser scanner and ExScan Pro software. They are then processed using Meshlab and Blender. ; Laser scanning; Mesh processing
Identifier
- share3d:1215
- share3d:1215
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- en
Is part of
- Share3D
- Ireland
Relations
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/e9d47218-2a3b-37ca-b0e4-e2bbce217d7e/?s%3Dhead&pos=15
Year
- 2022
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-08-01T08:39:45.538Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-12-09T11:24:27.667Z