COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0111-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0111
Title:
Mixtec tripodal bowl.
Subject:
Ceramic bowls--Mexico
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Mexico
Subject:
Pottery--Mexico
Subject:
Mixtec art--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The number three appears to have significance. It appears as three legs, three solid bands, three stepped spiral rings and two of those rings are divided into three quadrants. There are three realms in Mesoamerica: Heaven, the Sky, Earth, the living world, and the Underworld, the land of the dead.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-orange clay; polychrome slips; burnished. Cream, red, brown, black & brown.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1400
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Bowl
Dimensions:
4 7/8 in high x 6 1/2 in diameter
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 to Middle Post Classic
