COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0140-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0140
Title:
Maya orangeware carved vase.
Subject:
Vases--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Maya art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
During the late Classic period, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, and Panamanian ceramic styles influenced Mesoamerica. The baluster vase with a pedestal foot was a Costa Rican import. The carved abstract design of a feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl, is pure Mesoamerican.
Materials:
Ceramic: orangeware; carved and incised.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 800 and 1000
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Vase
Dimensions:
9 11/16 in high x 5 1/2 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Cholula, Mexico
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:
Late Classic (Terminal)
