Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0102-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0102
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Title:
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Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo)
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Subject:
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Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
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Materials:
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Ceramic (earthenware): tan clay, polychrome pigments on a white ground.
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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 1250
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Incense burner
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Object Type:
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Figure
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Dimensions:
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12 1/2 in high x 8 3/8 in wide x 6 7/8 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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Mixtec
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Period:
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Early Post Classic
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