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Title
Michoacán polychrome bowl.
Description
This bowl has a wide interior band with three stylized zoomorphs (probably deer) surrounded by what appears to be an energy field. This design is similar to the life force design of the Huichol Indians of Sinaloa.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 B.C. and 200 A.D.
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tzintzuntzan teapot with stirrup handle.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic teapots--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1200 and 1521
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Tripodal pillow rattle bowl.
Description
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Purépecha art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo]
Date
between 1200 and 1532
Title
Female figure with hands on her abdomen.
Description
Garments do not survive thousands of years unless they are in a very dry environment. Small figures illustrate hairstyles, clothing fashion, and jewelry. This figure wears a shoulder mantle and a skirt with a textured belt or corset.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Michoacan olla.
Description
A squat olla has a collared neck. The body has a wide band with incised geometric decorations composed of cross-hatching diamond and cross elements.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Seated figure with elaborate corn headdress.
Description
Small figures are good information sources for clothing and headdress styles worn in ancient times. This female figurine wears an unusual headdress with ears of corn. She may represent Chicomecoatl, the corn goddess.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
Title
Standing female figure : with diamond eyes and belly flap.
Description
Small figurines can illustrate concepts of beauty. The arm bumps could be jewelry or they were created by cutting the skin and rubbing a substance into the wound. Indigenous skin forms a swollen scar when healed. These scars represent a beauty concept and/or a rite of passage. The belly flap indicates childbirth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Title
Standing pretty lady figurine.
Description
This little "pretty lady" shows the fashion of the day; a flat headdress, ear flares or spools and a feathered necklace. Her swollen belly indicates pregnancy and fertility
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Between 500 B.C. and 100 B.C.
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