Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0123-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0123
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Title:
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Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
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Subject:
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Pottery--Honduras
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Subject:
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Ceramic bowls--Honduras
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--Honduras
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Subject:
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Maya art--Honduras
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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 jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: brown clay: polychrome slips (5): black, red-orange, red-brown, brown, and cream.
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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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Vessel
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Object Type:
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Bowl
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Dimensions:
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3 3/16 in high x 5 3/8 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Honduras, Centra 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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Classic
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