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Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper turtle bell pendant.
Description
The turtle bell was first formed with beeswax. Then the turtle bell wax model was embedded in a fine clay material. The clay matrix and the beeswax mold was slowly heated to melt the wax; hardening the clay mixture and creating a hollow negative turtle space. Molten copper was poured into the hollow space; it hardened and formed the turtle bell.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Decoration and ornament--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Turtles--Art, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Meandering nose ring.
Description
Metallurgy was introduced into Nayarit, Mexico c. Ad 800. The Aztec, the Mixtec, and the Tarascans excelled in copper and gold during the Post-Classic period. However, jade was always more important to the Mesoamericans than gold, a disappointment for the conquistadors.
Subject
[Nose rings--Mexico, Jewelry--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Meandering nose ring.
Description
Metallurgy was introduced into Nayarit, Mexico c. Ad 800. The Aztec, the Mixtec, and the Tarascans excelled in copper and gold during the Post-Classic period. However, jade was always more important to the Mesoamericans than gold, a disappointment for the conquistadors.
Subject
[Nose rings--Mexico, Jewelry--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Huastec zoomorphic vessel : bat.
Description
The Huasteca, a northern branch of the Maya, lived in the Panuco River area in Northern Veracruz. They produced a distinctive creamware enhanced with dark red-brown iron oxide. The zoomorphic olla takes the form of a mammal, possibly a bat. Around his neck, he wears a pendant that represents a sliced conch shell.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Pánuco River, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Pánuco River, Huastec art--Mexico--Pánuco River, 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
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 human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Purépecha art--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Copper human face pendant : 1.
Description
Metal: lost wax technique; copper; oxidized verdigris pattern
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico, Mixtec art--Mexico, Aztec art--Mexico, Tarascan art--Mexico, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1200
Title
Zoomorphic tripodal urn : (vessel).
Description
The vessel's overall shape is a tapered bulbous body with three bulbous feet. A zoomorphic head has been appliqued to the vessel's shoulder as well as two arms. A shell pendant hangs from its neck.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Mexico--Nayarit, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, 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
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Xantile head : maquiltonal : five flower.
Description
A Xantile is an incsense burner in the form of a seated anthropomorphic being. Burning incense placed inside the xantile emerges as smoke from the mouth, which represents and offering to the Maquiltonals.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Mixtec art--Mexico--Cholula (Hidalgo), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate olla : rattle.
Description
This unusual plumbate cacao vessel is divided into three quadrants. Each quadrant contains an elaborate design of semi-abstract faces and zoomorphic (supernatural entities) on the vessel's neckband and wide shoulder band. Between each quadrant, the Maya "kin" crosses hold a ceramic sphere to create a rattling sound.
Subject
[Pottery--Mexico--Chiapas, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Chiapas, Drinking vessels--Mexico--Chiapas, Maya art--Mexico--Chiapas, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
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