Vessel
ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-vessels
Date1000-800 BCE
Made AtMexico, Central America, North America
MediumKaolin ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineRockwell International Electronic Group Fund Purchase
Object numberF74.4.1
DescriptionPre-Columbian Globular Bottle with short Straight Neck. 8" high; polished whiteware, fire clouded. Found in Nueva Victoria, Tlatilco in the late 1940's. Middle Preclassic (c. 800 B.C.) Like most artifacts from Tlatilco, this vessel was probably deposited in one of the hundreds or thousands of graves at this site. The fire cloud on side of vessel occurred during the firing of the container.On View
Not on viewCollections
800-1000 CE
date unknown
1500 BCE - 1600 CE
1500 BCE - 1600 CE
475-221 BCE
1000-1550 CE