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Filename: 
MawM0285-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0285
Title: 
Small tripodal vessel with hollow rattle feet : incised procession of priests singing or chanting.
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Teotihuacán Valley
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
This Teotihuacan cylinder is quite unique as a storytelling vessel, which relates a journey past mountains, waterfalls and streams. The journey is shown by means of footprints. The elite figures, known by their elaborate hats, process past natural wonders under the protection of an astronomical phenomenon.
Materials: 
Ceramic: brownware, reduced clay; appliqued and burnished. Traces of red pigment.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 150 and 750
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Vessel
Dimensions: 
4 3/16 in high x 3 7/8 in diameter
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Valley of Teotihuacan, 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: 
Teotihuacan
Period: 
Classic