Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0157-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0157
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Title:
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Small urn in the form of a seated young man : his headdress contains the "C" glyph and two falling or descending eagles.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Albán Site
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Subject:
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Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Albán Site
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Urns were hand made with ornamentalization built up with strips of clay. A cult of deified ancestors was part of the Monte Alban culture. The small urn in the form of a seated young man wears a headdress containing the "C" glyph and two falling or descending eagles.
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Materials:
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Ceramic (earthenware): dark red-orange clay. Mold made.
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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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8 1/4 in high x 7 15/16 in wide x 5 1/4 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Monte Alban, 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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Style:
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Monte Alban III B
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Period:
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Late Classic
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