Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0081-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0081
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Title:
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Pierced blackware ear spool.
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Subject:
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Ceramic jewelry--Mexico
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Subject:
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Decoration and ornament--Mexico
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Subject:
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Mixtec art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Red-brown clay was probably pressed into a circular mold and allowed to become a leather hard disc. The disc has curved concave sides for wearing as an earspool. The disc was pierced with a bilateral radiating design. The pierced ear spool was fired in a reduced carbon friendly environment
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Materials:
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Ceramic (earthenware): blackware; pierced, burnished, red-brown clay & reduced.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 900 and 1200
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Jewelry
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Object Type:
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Ear spool
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Dimensions:
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1/2 in high x 1 3/8 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Mexico
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Culture:
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Mixtec
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Period:
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Post Classic
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