Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0110-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0110
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Title:
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Mixtec Pedestal Bowl: Mixcoatl Motif
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Subject:
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Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
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Subject:
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Nahuas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The Eastern Nahua participated in elaborate gatherings that brought various groups together to cement social and political relationships. Entertainment required story telling, gift giving, eating, and drinking. This beautifully painted pedestal bowl was perhaps a cherished gift used to drink pulque.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: red-orange ceramic with linear polychrome bands. Red-brown, orange, white, and black slip as well as blue gray.
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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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Vessel
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Object Type:
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Bowl
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Dimensions:
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5 3/8 in high x 7 1/8 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Puebla, Mexico
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatem… | 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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Style:
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Cholula
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Period:
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Early Post Classic
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