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Filename: 
MawM0026-000.tif
Identifying Number: 
MawM0026
Title: 
Ceramic panel fragment : two kneeling Pauahtuns engaged in conversation.
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tula de Allende
Subject: 
Toltec art--Mexico--Tula de Allende
Subject: 
Maya art--Mexico--Tula de Allende
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
Two Pauahtuns or Maya chiefs face each other engaged in a dialog. The slightly larger chief is more important. A white pole between them indicates the conversation took place in a ball court. The glyph above could be part of a date, a place, or a name.
Materials: 
Ceramic: earthenware with red-orange clay.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 800 and 1200
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Panel
Dimensions: 
9 in high x 11 1/2 in wide x 2 1/2 in diameter
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Tula, 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: 
Maya
Culture: 
Toltec
Period: 
Early Post Classic