COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
mediaCollectionId
CalStateLA~9~9
MAW Collection
Collection
true
Filename:
MawM0286-000.jp2
filename
MawM0286-000.jp2
Filename
false
Identifying Number:
MawM0286
identifier
MawM0286
Identifying Number
false
Title:
Teotihuacan incensario : stage type : hourglass form.
title
Teotihuacan incensario : stage type : hourglass form.
Title
false
Subject:
Ceramic censers--Guatemala
subject
Ceramic censers--Guatemala
Subject
false
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala
subject
Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala
Subject
false
Subject:
Art--Guatemala
subject
Art--Guatemala
Subject
false
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
subject
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject
false
Description:
Each incensario or censer is an individual work of art, no two are alike. They can be similar in form, like this modified stage-type censer. Some archaeologists believe this stage incensario represents the Teotihuacan temple and the individual inside the great Goddess. This female deity wears a butterfly headdress and a butterfly buccal plate (mask) in front of her nose and mouth, and holds two scepters made of branches. She is surrounded by eight yellow and red complex flower images and five yellow-crowned quetzal birds. All of these images indicate a goddess of fertility.
description
Each incensario or censer is an individual work of art, no two are alike. They can be similar in form, like this modified stage-type censer. Some archaeologists believe this stage incensario represents the Teotihuacan temple and the individual inside the great Goddess. This female deity wears a butterfly headdress and a butterfly buccal plate (mask) in front of her nose and mouth, and holds two scepters made of branches. She is surrounded by eight yellow and red complex flower images and five yellow-crowned quetzal birds. All of these images indicate a goddess of fertility.
Description
false
Materials:
Ceramic: buff clay; appliqued, molded and painted with pigments; yellow, red and white.
materials
Ceramic: buff clay; appliqued, molded and painted with pigments; yellow, red and white.
Materials
false
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
publisher
California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
false
Date:
between 300 and 900
date
between 300 and 900
Date
false
Type:
Artifact
type
Artifact
Type
false
Object Type:
Incense burner
format
Incense burner
Object Type
false
Dimensions:
11 3/4 in high x 11 3/8 in wide x 10 1/2 in deep
dimensions
11 3/4 in high x 11 3/8 in wide x 10 1/2 in deep
Dimensions
false
Collection:
MAW Collection
source
MAW Collection
Collection
false
Location:
Guatemala
coverage
Guatemala
Location
false
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).
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).
Rights
false
Culture:
Escuintla
culture
Escuintla
Culture
false
Culture:
Teotihuacan
culture
Teotihuacan
Culture
false
Period:
Classic
period
Classic
Period
false