tlatollotl: Grouping of Dancers and Musicians ARTIST CULTURE Colima PERIOD Late Formative period,
tlatollotl: Grouping of Dancers and Musicians ARTIST CULTURE Colima PERIOD Late Formative period, c.300 BC–AD 300 DATE c.300 BC–AD 300 FROM Colima, México The artists of the Colima culture of ancient Mexico carefully recorded the details of everyday life and ritual in pottery. In this festival scene, a group of men and women is arranged around the perimeter of a circle; they surround four male musicians who play rattles and percussive instruments made from turtle shells. The rhythmic sounds of the music would have propelled the dancers around and around, imitating the motion of the sun, moon, and the cycle of fertility. The long, interlocking arms of the dancers look like mating snakes, and the alternating male and female dancers suggest the erotic nature of their dance. Small sculptures such as this would have been placed in the tombs of important people to entertain them in the next life. SLAM -- source link
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