COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0347-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0347
Title:
Tlaloc incensario : Janus form.
Subject:
Incense--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The incensario contains several images: two seated anthropomorphic phallic figures, a descending serpent, and several transforming zoomorphic faces. The transforming aspect of the headdress suggests a shamanic quality to the incense burner.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-orange clay, no pigment, fire clouds. Hand modeled, appliqued, and punctuated.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 900 and 1521
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Incense burner
Dimensions:
14 3/4 in high x 6 3/8 in wide x 6 1/4 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Colima, 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:
Toltec
Period:
Post Classic