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Tripod Vase

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Object Number:66-27-16
Current Location: Mexico and Central America Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Teotihuacan (Culture)
Provenience: Mexico (Central America)
Teotihuacan (Mexico)
Culture Area: Central American
Period: Teotihuacan III
Date Made: 350-550 CE
Early Date: 350
Late Date: 550
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Stucco
Height: 14 cm
Outside Diameter:19 cm
Credit Line:Exchange with the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, 1966
Other Number:78329 - Other Number

Description

Tripod vessel is painted with the face of a deity, flowers, and various symbols of “preciousness”.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition
Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, pl. 69View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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