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Filename: 
MawM0075-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0075
Title: 
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Subject: 
Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Purépecha Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Three pillow shaped rattle legs support a flared bowl. The exterior of the tripodal bowl is decorated with red linear designs, while the bowl's interior has a criss-cross patterned center with five insects on the bowl's shoulder.
Materials: 
Ceramic: red-orange clay with cream slip: painted with red linear designs on the exterior and interior with an additional five insects.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 1200 and 1532
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Vessel
Object Type: 
Bowl
Dimensions: 
5 5/8 in high x 8 3/4 in diameter
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Michoacan, 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: 
Purepecha
Culture: 
Tarascan
Period: 
Late Post Classic