Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0109-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0109
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Title:
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Mixtec ceramic censer : openwork design.
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Subject:
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Pottery--Mexico
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Subject:
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Ceramic censers--Mexico
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Mixtec pottery--Mexico
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Subject:
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Mixtec art--Mexico
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic (earthenware): buff clay, pierced, incised, bichrome, two-tone, red-brown slips and brown slip.
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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 1200
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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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Dimensions:
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3 11/16 in high x 4 5/8 in wide x 11 1/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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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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