COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0151-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0151
Title:
Mushroom cup : metate or molcajete.
Subject:
Stone carving--Guatemala
Subject:
Pottery--Guatemala
Subject:
Maya sculpture--Guatemala
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Small molcajetes are used to grind minerals, earth for colors or plants for medicine and drugs. The shape of this molcajete suggests the cap of a mushroom. Special mushrooms are used to enter hallucinogenic trances by a shaman to access different realities.
Materials:
Stone: gray stone with iron mineral encrustation.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
ca. 500 BC
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Molcajete
Dimensions:
2 15/16 in high x 5 5/8 in diameter
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:
Late Preclassic
