MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0081-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0081
Title:
Pierced blackware ear spool.
Subject:
Ceramic jewelry--Mexico
Subject:
Decoration and ornament--Mexico
Subject:
Mixtec art--Mexico
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
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
Materials:
Ceramic (earthenware): blackware; pierced, burnished, red-brown clay & reduced.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1200
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Jewelry
Object Type:
Ear spool
Dimensions:
1/2 in high x 1 3/8 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Mexico
Rights:
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).
Culture:
Mixtec
Period:
Post Classic