COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0110-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0110
Title:
Mixtec Pedestal Bowl: Mixcoatl Motif
Subject:
Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Nahuas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities
Description:
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.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-orange ceramic with linear polychrome bands. Red-brown, orange, white, and black slip as well as blue gray.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1200
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Bowl
Dimensions:
5 3/8 in high x 7 1/8 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Puebla, Mexico
Rights:
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).
Culture:
Mixtec
Style:
Cholula
Period:
Early Post Classic
