Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0100-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0100
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Title:
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Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
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Subject:
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Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Nahuas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: Light red-orange clay with polychrome slip; orange, red-orange, black, and white.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 1250 and 1521
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Vessel
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Object Type:
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Effigy
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Dimensions:
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11 7/8 in high x 11 7/8 in wide x 8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Cholula, 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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Eastern Nahua
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Period:
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Post Classic
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