COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0156-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0156
Title:
Urn in the form of the seated God of the glyph "L".
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
Description:
Zapotec figural urns are found in tombs and temples. Before you sits Pitao Cozobi, the god of Abundant Sustenance and the Lord of the Fields of Maize. He has a nasal buccal (nose-mouth) mask and an elaborate feathered headdress with horizontal s-clouds and ears of maize.
Materials:
Ceramic: burnished grayware with traces of red pigment.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 600 and 800
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Dimensions:
15 1/4 in high x 3 7/16 in wide x 2 5/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Oaxaca, 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:
Zapotec
Period:
Late Classic
