COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0123-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0123
Title:
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Subject:
Pottery--Honduras
Subject:
Ceramic bowls--Honduras
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Honduras
Subject:
Maya art--Honduras
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
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.
Materials:
Ceramic: brown clay: polychrome slips (5): black, red-orange, red-brown, brown, and cream.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 and 900
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Bowl
Dimensions:
3 3/16 in high x 5 3/8 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Honduras, Centra America
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:
Maya
Period:
Classic
