Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0096-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0096
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Title:
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Owl Maskette
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Subject:
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Masks--Mexico
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Subject:
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Aztec art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Mixtec art--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Purépecha art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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This hollow, open-back copper maskette was cast using the lost-wax technique. The owl maskette was formed first in bees wax. The bees wax maskette was embedded in a super fine material such as clay. The clay and beeswax maskette was slowly heated melting out the bees wax and hardening the clay matrix. Molten metal was poured into the empty maskette are and cooled.
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Materials:
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Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 900 and 1200
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Dimensions:
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2 7/18 in high x 2 3/8 in wide x 2 1/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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West 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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Aztec
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Culture:
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Mixtec
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Culture:
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Tarascan
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Period:
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Post Classic
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