COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0047-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0047
Title:
Aztec carved amber resin head.
Subject:
Aztec sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject:
Sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject:
Aztec art--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Amber, which is fossilized vegetable resin, comes in yellow, reddish-yellow, and brownish-yellow. The resin from evergreen (fir and pine trees) is hard, brittle, transparent/translucent, and amorphous. The source of Mexican amber/Chiapan amber is Mexico, Chiapas, Huitiupan area, Simojovel. The amber head could be from AD 1980. A modern artifact/pendant that was carved, drilled, inlaid, and decorated with colorful hummingbird feathers for tourist trade in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico.
Materials:
Amber resin: carved red-brown resin.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1200 and 1521
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Sculpture
Dimensions:
1 3/4 in high x 1 5/16 in wide x 7/8 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Chiapas, 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:
Aztec
Period:
Late Post Classic
