COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0182-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0182
Title:
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Subject:
Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject:
Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Materials:
Ceramic: white clay with red-brown paint.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1200
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Dimensions:
10 3/8 in high x 7 in wide x 5 7/16 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Panuco River, 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:
Early Post Classic
