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Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Aztec stone sculpture.
Description
Elaborate twisted hairdo: knotted on top -- possibly a 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
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 100 and 1425
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Large smoking pipe : bulbous bowl.
Description
The large ceramic smoking pipe was used to smoke a variety of tobacco. The tobacco contained a higher concentration of nicotine and other substances. There is a possibility that the tobacco was combined with other drugs to give a hallucinogenic experience.
Subject
[Tobacco pipes--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Pottery--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Art--Mexico--Michoacán de Ocampo, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico]
Date
between 600 and 1521
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper tweezers, crescent pinchers, spirals.
Description
The Tarascans embellished their crescent shaped tweezers with hammered spirals. They were worn as emblems of status or authority.
Subject
[Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers : spherical pinchers.
Description
Tweezers were very common in the Central South American Andes, but not in Mesoamerica. The elite Tarascans wore tweezers as a pendant. They probably were more than an object to remove facial hair. The tweezers were more like badge of office or status.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain.
Description
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.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1201
Title
Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain.
Description
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.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1201
Title
Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain.
Description
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.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1201
Title
Tweezers, crescent pinchers : plain.
Description
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.
Subject
[Aztec sculpture--Mexico, Metal sculpture--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1201
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : C.
Description
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 152
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : C.
Description
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 152
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : C.
Description
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 152
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : C.
Description
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 152
Title
Three Obsidian Winged Labrets, a
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1522
Title
Three Obsidian Winged Labrets, a
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1522
Title
Three Obsidian Winged Labrets, a
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1522
Title
Three Obsidian Winged Labrets, a
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1522
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : B.
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Obsidian--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1523
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : B.
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Obsidian--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1523
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : B.
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Obsidian--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1523
Title
Three obsidian winged labrets : B.
Description
Obsidian is a volcanic glass-like stone cleaves concavely. Working with obsidian requires great skill. The process involves core flaking, pressure flaking, drilling, abrading as well as polishing. It is very labor intesive. Two of the labrets have been inlaid with a white material.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Obsidian--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1523
Title
Piercing tool or perforator.
Description
Mesoamerican people pierced their noses, low lips, and ear lobes for decorative purposes. Tongues and penises were pierced for ritual bloodletting or self-sacrifice. Both of these areas heal rapidly.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Piercing tool or perforator.
Description
Mesoamerican people pierced their noses, low lips, and ear lobes for decorative purposes. Tongues and penises were pierced for ritual bloodletting or self-sacrifice. Both of these areas heal rapidly.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Piercing tool or perforator.
Description
Mesoamerican people pierced their noses, low lips, and ear lobes for decorative purposes. Tongues and penises were pierced for ritual bloodletting or self-sacrifice. Both of these areas heal rapidly.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Piercing tool or perforator.
Description
Mesoamerican people pierced their noses, low lips, and ear lobes for decorative purposes. Tongues and penises were pierced for ritual bloodletting or self-sacrifice. Both of these areas heal rapidly.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Piercing tool or perforator.
Description
Mesoamerican people pierced their noses, low lips, and ear lobes for decorative purposes. Tongues and penises were pierced for ritual bloodletting or self-sacrifice. Both of these areas heal rapidly.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper labret.
Description
Labrets are ornamental plugs that fit into a slit/hole below the lower lip. An expanded flange holds it in place. Labrets are usually made out of stones like obsidian, red chert, green serpentine, or rock crystal. They were made of other materials such as clay and copper.
Subject
[Labrets, Jewelry--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Small copper pin.
Description
Metallurgy in copper was popular in Mixtec times. The art of metalworking was introduced around AD 800 into West Mexico from Central or South America
Subject
[Pins and needles--Mexico, Art--Mexico, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
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