Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0151-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0151
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Title:
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Mushroom cup : metate or molcajete.
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Pottery--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Maya 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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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.
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Materials:
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Stone: gray stone with iron mineral encrustation.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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ca. 500 BC
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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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Molcajete
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Dimensions:
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2 15/16 in high x 5 5/8 in diameter
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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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Late Preclassic
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