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Filename: 
MawM0055-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0055
Title: 
Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
Subject: 
Aztec sculpture--Mexico
Subject: 
Ceramic censers--Mexico
Subject: 
Aztec art--Mexico
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject: 
Ceramic sculpture--Mexico
Description: 
The censer's image combines a skull and a left arm with a predominate index figure. The index figure hand incorporates a rattle. The skull and figure can be read as "One Death". The skull has been painted with twenty-two marigold flowers and thirteen arrows, which all point to death.
Materials: 
Ceramic: tan with red, orange and black.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 1325 and 1521
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Incense burner
Dimensions: 
6 in high x 6 1/2 in wide x 11 3/4 in deep
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Mexico
Rights: 
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Culture: 
Aztec
Period: 
Late Post Classic