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Filename: 
MawM0126-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0126
Title: 
Turkey vessel with double spout : rattle in the head.
Subject: 
Pottery--Guatemala
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Guatemala
Subject: 
Drinking vessels--Guatemala
Subject: 
Art--Guatemala
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Plumbate vessels are the only vitrified (glazed) pottery found in ancient America. They were made with pottery molds and mass-produced. Mesoamericans domesticated the turkey for their meat and feathers. The animal is considered sacred and is sacrificed for specific ceremonies.
Materials: 
Ceramic: greenish black plumbate ware; burnished.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 900 and 1100
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Vessel
Dimensions: 
6 1/2 in high x 6 in wide x 7 5/8 in depth
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).
Period: 
Late Classic