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Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Pitcher with two effigy heads : Aztec ewer.
Description
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.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla (State), Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla (State), Nahuas--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
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