Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0071-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0071
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Title:
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Tarascan burnished redware pipe.
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Subject:
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Purépecha pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
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Subject:
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Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
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Subject:
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Purépecha art--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The Purepecha or Tarascans in Mechoacan were contemperaneous of the Mexica or Azteca of Central Mexico. The Tarascans excelled in many craft areas, especially clay, metal, and stone. This burnished redware pipe represents elegance, but simplicity in design.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: reduced red-orange clay with red-brown slip.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 1300 and 1532
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Pipe
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Dimensions:
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2 15/16 high x 5 in long x 1 5/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Michoacán, 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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Tarascan
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Culture:
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Purepecha
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Period:
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Post Classic
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