3.) Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine(14,000-7,000BC), bone Tequixquiac, central Mexico.

Form

-Bone sculpture -Carved from a camel-like animal -Bone has been worked to create the image of a dog/wolf

Content

--Tequixquiac, Mexico -Found in 1870 -The sacrum is the triangle bone at the base of the spine -Carved to represent a mammals skull -The mesoamerican idea that a sacrum is a second skull -One natural form used to take the shape of another

Function

Unknown

Context

-An engineer found it at 12 meters deep when he was working on a drainage project.

Additional Information

--The sacrum was believed to be connected to the animal's spiritual essence since it was the fulcrum for its physical support as well as close to its reproductive organs. -The date of the sculpture is almost impossible to determine because the proper methods for excavation were not conducted at the finding of the sacrum.