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Clay urn

IV Ca 44327 Mixteca-Puebla, 1350-1550 # Mexico, probably Mixtequilla, Veracruz # clay, painted. Urns like this one acquired from Julius Konietzko appeared on the international art market in the early 1960s. The band of the starry night sky on the upper rim refers to the human sacrifice. Vertical skull frames separate the depictions of black and red flames surrounding the pot from bundles with rings to which black eagle feathers and red paper strips are attached. These were used to decorate the hands and feet of those to be sacrificed. The knobs on the sides show jaguar heads. (V. König, 2018)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Mixteca-Puebla
Object type
Clay urn
Dimensions
Weight: 6,13 kg
Height: 40 cm
Depth: 41 cm
Width: 44 cm
Height: 10 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 44327

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1350 - 1550
    where
    Mexico
    Veracruz
    who
    Mixteca-Puebla
  • Collecting
    who
    Julius Konietzko - Völkerkunde, Kunst und Antiquitäten - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1960
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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