COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0100-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0100
Title:
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Subject:
Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Nahuas--Antiquities
Subject:
Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities
Description:
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.
Materials:
Ceramic: Light red-orange clay with polychrome slip; orange, red-orange, black, and white.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1250 and 1521
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Effigy
Dimensions:
11 7/8 in high x 11 7/8 in wide x 8 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Cholula, 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:
Eastern Nahua
Period:
Post Classic
