Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0055-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0055
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Title:
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Aztec skull censer : articulable jaw one death.
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Subject:
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Aztec sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Ceramic censers--Mexico
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Subject:
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Aztec art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Ceramic sculpture--Mexico
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: tan with red, orange and black.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 1325 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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6 in high x 6 1/2 in wide x 11 3/4 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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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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Aztec
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Period:
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Late Post Classic
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