Image: 6693
File date: 2003-08-22
Caption: Reclinaro
Description: Colima. burnished clay. height 33.0 cm. A head or back rest known as reclinario. Since they are found in tombs with the dead, they portray dogs, this one being three dimensional. The dog was the messenger or accompanier to the otherworld.
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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