COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0125-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0125
Title:
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Subject:
Drinking vessels--Guatemala
Subject:
Pottery--Guatemala
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Materials:
Ceramic: plumbate glazed olla; shiny steel blue-gray to orange brown. Tohil plumbate.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1250
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Pot
Dimensions:
6 1/8 in high x 6 1/8 in wide x 6 11/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Guatemala
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:
Early Post Classic
