Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0161-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0161
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Title:
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Monte Alban figural incensario.
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Monte Alban Site
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Subject:
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Zapotec art--Mexico--Monte Alban Site
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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The seated figure represents a human male or a deity wearing the "Buccal Mask of the Serpent," a beneficient god related to rain. His nudity, flat beaded fringe headdress, and the long bifurcated serpent's tongue date this artifact between AD 100 and AD 200, a period of transition.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: grayware with mineral deposits.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 250 and 900
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Incense burner
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Dimensions:
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8 in high x 6 in wide x 3 7/8 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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Period:
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Classic
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