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Filename: 
MawM0070-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0070
Title: 
Large smoking pipe: flared rim : reptilian scales.
Subject: 
Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo)
Subject: 
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo)
Subject: 
Art--Mexico--Morelia (Michoacán de Ocampo)
Subject: 
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description: 
It is obvious that the craftperson was influenced by the length of the pipe. Rather than making a simple pipe, they decided to decorate it with scales to give the pipe a reptilian feel.
Materials: 
Ceramic: red-brown clay: textured with reptilian scales.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 300 BC and 300 AD
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Pipe
Dimensions: 
3 5/8 in high x 3 1/8 in wide x 11 in long
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Michoacán, Mexico
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).
Culture: 
Michoacán
Period: 
Protoclassic