COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
mediaCollectionId
CalStateLA~9~9
MAW Collection
Collection
true
Filename:
MawM0047-000.jp2
filename
MawM0047-000.jp2
Filename
false
Identifying Number:
MawM0047
identifier
MawM0047
Identifying Number
false
Title:
Aztec carved amber resin head.
title
Aztec carved amber resin head.
Title
false
Subject:
Aztec sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
subject
Aztec sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject
false
Subject:
Sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
subject
Sculpture--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject
false
Subject:
Aztec art--Mexico--Chiapas
subject
Aztec art--Mexico--Chiapas
Subject
false
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
subject
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject
false
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.
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.
Description
false
Materials:
Amber resin: carved red-brown resin.
materials
Amber resin: carved red-brown resin.
Materials
false
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
publisher
California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
false
Date:
between 1200 and 1521
date
between 1200 and 1521
Date
false
Type:
Artifact
type
Artifact
Type
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
format
Sculpture
Object Type
false
Dimensions:
1 3/4 in high x 1 5/16 in wide x 7/8 in deep
dimensions
1 3/4 in high x 1 5/16 in wide x 7/8 in deep
Dimensions
false
Collection:
MAW Collection
source
MAW Collection
Collection
false
Location:
Chiapas, Mexico
coverage
Chiapas, Mexico
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:
Aztec
culture
Aztec
Culture
false
Period:
Late Post Classic
period
Late Post Classic
Period
false