Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0087-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0087
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Title:
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Mixtec ear spool or ring.
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Subject:
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Jewelry--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
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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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The Mixtec culture excelled in the time consuming lapidary and metallurgy arts. The stone-work required chipping, drilling, sawing, abrading, and polishing. The goldsmithing involved melting, forging, burnishing, folding and cutting metal.
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Materials:
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Stone: greenstone; gold foil cap.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 800 and 1250
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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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Dimensions:
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2 in high x 7/8 in wide x 2 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Oaxaca, 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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Early Post Classic
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