Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0118-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0118
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Title:
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Shallow plate with tripodal feet : Muan bird of death image in center.
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Subject:
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Plates (Tableware)--Mexico--Edzná Site
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Edzná Site
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Subject:
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Maya art--Mexico--Edzná Site
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The tondo of this shallow polychrome plate contains the image of the Muan bird, the bird of death from the Popol Vuh. This screech owl served Xibalba "Lords of Death" as their messenger. Two zoomorphic saurians, representing the Earth Monster in Xibalba, appear on the black shoulder of this plate.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: clay with polychrome slips; black, red, and orange. Muan bird in the center and two Earth monsters appear on the plate's shoulder.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 300 and 900
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Plate
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Dimensions:
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3 in high x 10 1/2 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Edzna, 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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Maya
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Style:
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Yucatan
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Period:
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Classic Maya
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