Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0156-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0156
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Title:
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Urn in the form of the seated God of the glyph "L".
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
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Subject:
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Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: burnished grayware with traces of red pigment.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 600 and 800
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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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Dimensions:
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15 1/4 in high x 3 7/16 in wide x 2 5/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Oaxaca, Mexico
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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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Zapotec
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Period:
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Late Classic
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