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Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
Title
Eagle effigy vessel : avian form.
Description
The harpy eagle is the largest bird predator in Mexico and Central America. With power and speed, it is able to fly through the junble canopy and catch a monkey. The Mixtec admired the skills of the harpy eagle and used the eagly as part of their iconography. On this harpy eagle vessel, there are rows of feathers and between some of the rows there are flint blade knives tipped with red blood.
Subject
[Effigy pottery--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Nahuas--Antiquities, Nahua art--Mexico--Puebla de Zaragoza, Indigenous Peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1250 and 1521
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