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Filename: 
MawM0178-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0178
Title: 
Large huastec zoomorphic pouring vessel.
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject: 
Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
A zoomorphic vessel resembling a rodent-like creature with an elaborately painted body. The strap handle facilitates handling and the tail spout allows for control pouring. In Mesoamerica the number three refers to the three realms; the heavens or the sky, the earth or the living world, and the underworld or the land of the dead.
Materials: 
Ceramic (earthenware): buff clay; black and red-brown pigment on cream ground; appliqued.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 900 and 1450
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Vessel
Dimensions: 
7 11/16 in high x 7 9/16 in wide x 8 1/2 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Panuco, 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: 
Huastec
Period: 
Post Classic