Portrait of "8 Temor" a person from Atzompa around 800 AD.
Closer foto of the 2.5 ft figure. Painted still in red, green and oche.
The remains of a goddess ceramic vase or pot from the same tomb.
Here are some photos from INAH in Mexico of ceramics found at a Oaxacan tomb. The ancient Zapotecs made these wonderful personal vases and offering ceramic pots representing actual people, as well as dieties. I have always really admired them since seeing them first in the 1980's But most are not colored like these and are just gray clay.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
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