Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0103-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0103
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Title:
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Azteca or Mexica votive food offering : waisted ear plug.
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Subject:
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Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
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Subject:
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Ceramic jewelry--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
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Subject:
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Aztec art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The artifact's shape indicates a flared, waisted olla that contains patty-shaped objects, possibly masa or copal. If you hold the object vertically the object becomes a votive offering, but horizontally a waisted ear plug,
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Materials:
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Ceramic: tan clay; appliqued; no pigment.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 1200 and 1521
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Jewelry
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Object Type:
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Ear spool
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Valley of 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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Period:
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Late Post Classic
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