Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0125-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0125
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Title:
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Maya plumbate choc vessel.
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Subject:
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Drinking vessels--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Pottery--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala
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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 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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: plumbate glazed olla; shiny steel blue-gray to orange brown. Tohil plumbate.
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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 1250
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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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Pot
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Dimensions:
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6 1/8 in high x 6 1/8 in wide x 6 11/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Guatemala
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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 Post Classic
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