Bowl
97-82-115
From: Mexico (Central America)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-82-115 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Aztec |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | Polychrome lost color red ware, slipped and polished. Broad diagonal black bands. Lost scroll design. Flat base, flaring side. As per ANSP Ledger Remarks "A white argillaceous pigment used by the Aztecs has disappeared, leaving the marks upon the ground by deadening the polish or by removing portions of the underlying paste and slip - Holmes. Rept. Bureau. Ethnol. VI. p. 114." |
| Height | 5.7 |
| Outside Diameter | 22 |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-82-115 - Old Museum Number | 4379 - ANSP Number |
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