COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0105-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0105
Title:
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-orange clay; polychrome slips; burnished. Black, white, red, green, and yellow slips.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1000 and 1250
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Pot
Dimensions:
11 1/2 in high x 9 1/4 in diameter
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
Period:
Early Post Classic
