Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0058-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0058
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Title:
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Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
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Subject:
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Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State)
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State)
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State)
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Subject:
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Nahuas--Antiquities
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Description:
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Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly female. Concentrations of broken figurines (flat) in household context or debris rather than public buildings or temples suggest a personal or family context. the figurine called "ginger bread" flats, were manufactured by pressing wet clay into clay molds. They were removed for drying, firing, and painting. Fingerprints on the back.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: white clay; polychromed red and black on white ground. Graphite on redware; graphite ware.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 1250 and 1521
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Vessel
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Object Type:
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Jug/Pitcher
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Dimensions:
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9 11/16 in high x 6 1/8 in wide x 7 3/8 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Puebla, 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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Eastern Nahua
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Period:
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Late Post Classic
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Period:
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Aztec II
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