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Ceramic dogs are widely known from looted tombs in Colima. Dogs were generally believed in Mesoamerican cultures to represent soul guides of the dead [32] and several dog ceramics wear human masks. [33] Nonetheless, it should also be noted that dogs were often the major source of animal protein in ancient Mesoamerica. [34]
Capacha ceramic originality is based on two specific types: [14] Large ceramic vessels, shaped as two globular stacked vases, one over the other. Named Bule. [15] Ceramics that consists of two superimposed globular vessels, interconnected by two or three tubes. This ceramic shape resembles the South American “stirrup” handle ceramic tradition.
A selection of the ceramic figures placed inside shaft tombs to accompany the deceased in the afterlife is on display. The exhibition also includes objects depicting imagery from daily life that show the intensity of West Mexican figurative work and that are naturalistic in form like the famously plump Colima dogs.
The economy and development of La Campana was influenced by its geographical location in the Valley of Colima, because luxury goods, agricultural products, raw materials and other trade products converged here, from both the west coast and the center of Mexico Also it is considered that at its heyday exercised control over other smaller ...
The period was famous for exquisitely carved ivories, but discoveries of clay and bronze figurines of dogs tell us something about the roles of dogs who lived 2,500-plus years ago.
Archaeologists also found bracelets and skirts made of dog teeth, bone flutes and lots of pottery pieces. Several gold artifacts from the 1,200-year-old burial sit on a tray.