Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0112-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0112
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Title:
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Maya copador swimmer bowl.
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Subject:
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Ceramic bowls--Central America
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Subject:
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Pottery--Central America
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Maya art--Central America
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic (earthenware): dark red-orange clay. Mold made.
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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 1400
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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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3 11/32 in high x7 5/8 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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El Salvador, Central America
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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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Maya
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Period:
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Early to Middle Post Classic
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