Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0347-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0347
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Title:
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Tlaloc incensario : Janus form.
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Subject:
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Incense--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico--Colima (State)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: red-orange clay, no pigment, fire clouds. Hand modeled, appliqued, and punctuated.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 900 and 1521
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Incense burner
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Dimensions:
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14 3/4 in high x 6 3/8 in wide x 6 1/4 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Colima, Mexico
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Rights:
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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).
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Culture:
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Toltec
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Period:
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Post Classic
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