COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0084-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0084
Title:
Copper nose ring.
Subject:
Nose rings--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The lost wax technique was used to create this copper nose ring. The nose ring was fabricated in beeswax, embedded in a fine clay mold, heated to dry out the clay mold and melt the wax out. Molted metal is poured into the negative space mold to form the copper nose ring. The molten copper cools and solidifies. The hot mold/metal is placed into cool water to break the mold and free the copper nose ring.
Materials:
Metal: solid copper, blue-green patina.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 800 and 1250
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Jewelry
Object Type:
Nose ring
Dimensions:
15/16 in high x 1 1/8 in wide x 5/8 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Oaxaca, 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:
Early Post Classic
