Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0069-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0069
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Title:
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Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain.
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Subject:
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Aztec sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Metal sculpture--Mexico
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Subject:
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Art--Mexico
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Tweezers were formed from a single sheet of copper and folded over at the top. The mirror images joined in the middle had to be formed or cut out of a sheet of copper. The crescent-shape ends were hammered convex before folding.
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Materials:
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Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 900 and 1201
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Tool
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Object Type:
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Ornament
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Dimensions:
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2 in high x 19/16 in wide x 1/8 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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Culture:
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Mixtec
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Culture:
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Tarascan
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Period:
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Post Classic
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