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Pedestal dish with serpent handles

CultureMixtec
OriginCholula, Puebla, Mexico
PeriodPostclassic Period (1000-1521)
Date1325-1520
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 13.5 x 19 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
DescriptionMixtec pedestal dish, Postclassic period, with slightly flaring cylindrical body, the sides with projecting rectangular rattles. The exterior painted in pale orange, brown, and cream with band of scrolls above elaborate tassels of geometric motifs.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.97
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
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