COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0101-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0101
Title:
Anthropomorphic xantil : cult image : incense burner.
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Burning Copal incense in the body of the Xantil produced a dense sweet smoke which emerges from his mouth. Xochipilli-Macuilxochitl, the young solar diety of sensuality, will appear to be chanting or singing. The god wears a bird-hed helmet with a crest, a long nose bar, a pair of round ear ornaments, a white collar, bracelets and knotted sandals.
Materials:
Ceramic: Tan Clay with polychrome pigments; white, red, blue, yellow, and black.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1200 and 1521
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Incense burner
Dimensions:
10 9/16 in high x 9 5/16 in wide x 5 3/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Oaxaca, 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:
Mixtec
Style:
Puebla
Period:
Post Classic
