Tripod Bowl
29-166-21.2
From: Mexico (Central America) | San Miguel Atzacapotzalco
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Molcajete |
| Object Number | 29-166-21.2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Aztec |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | San Miguel Atzacapotzalco |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Period | Aztec III |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Typical chili-grater bowl. Flattish interior bottom deeply scored with crossing lines. Interior shoulder painted with typical concentric thin lines, bands of circles and scrolls in sepia on brown. Exterior plain. Thin slab feet (2 restored), decorated with parallel lines in sepia. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 21.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Franz Boas, 1912 |
| Other Number | San Mig Atz 2181 - Field No SF |
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