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Filename: 
MawM0109-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0109
Title: 
Mixtec ceramic censer : openwork design.
Subject: 
Pottery--Mexico
Subject: 
Ceramic censers--Mexico
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject: 
Mixtec pottery--Mexico
Subject: 
Mixtec art--Mexico
Description: 
The open design of this censer lightens the censer and allows the incense to burn better. The design combines a step motif as well as the woven mat motif. The two feet contain pellets to create a rattler noise.
Materials: 
Ceramic (earthenware): buff clay, pierced, incised, bichrome, two-tone, red-brown slips and brown slip.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 900 and 1200
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Incense burner
Dimensions: 
3 11/16 in high x 4 5/8 in wide x 11 1/8 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
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