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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
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Crouching deity figure : skull face.
Description
A squatting male figure hold his hands behind himself with his figure perpendicular to his body. He wears a skull cap with a bird on each side. On the front the two birds form an owl image. the human face has no nose or lips only teeth.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Art--Mexico--Tierra Blanca (Veracruz-Llave : Municipio), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
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