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Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Mixtec tripodal polychrome olla.
Description
The structure of this Mixtec vessel consists of a circular collar rim, a heart shape olla, and tripodal legs. Around the rim appears open mouth creatures with multiple eyes. The black heart-shape olla contains fantastic menacing creatures in what appears to be a liquid environment. Three white and red legs with red spirals support the vessel, which depicts the watery realm of the underworld, Mictlan.
Subject
[Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Mixtec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
Title
Tripodal rattle bowl with a day sign : eagle head 15th day.
Description
The Zapotec culture engaged in feasting and gift giving. This simple tripodal bowl probably held pulque, an alcoholic beverage created from fermenting blue agave syrup. The bowl's decoration, an abstract eagle head, represents one of the twenty day signs from their agricultural calendar.
Subject
[Ceramic bowls--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Bowls (Tableware)--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Zapotec art--Mexico--Oaxaca (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 1000 and 1250
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