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Clay bowl

The bowl rests on three feet in the shape of human heads. The painted inner surface shows two human skulls. The bowl belongs to the so-called "Pilitas style" of the Nativida/Chila phase. (V. König, 2003)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Mixteca-Puebla
Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Height: 7,8 cm
Depth: 16,3 cm
Width: 16 cm
Weight: 400 g
Material/Technique
Clay (painted)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 24948

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1350 - 1550
    where
    Mexico
    Puebla
    who
    Mixteca-Puebla
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1904
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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