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Filename: 
MawM0103-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0103
Title: 
Azteca or Mexica votive food offering : waisted ear plug.
Subject: 
Decoration and ornament--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
Subject: 
Ceramic jewelry--Mexico--Mexico, Valley of
Subject: 
Aztec art--Mexico
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
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,
Materials: 
Ceramic: tan clay; appliqued; no pigment.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 1200 and 1521
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Jewelry
Object Type: 
Ear spool
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Valley of 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: 
Aztec
Period: 
Late Post Classic