Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design,

ca. 500 CE

Teotihuacán
Middle Classic Period (Teotihuacan phase III)
2016-1254

Information

Title
Cylindrical tripod with a knobbed lid and incised kneeling Quetzalcoatl snake priest design
Dates

ca. 500 CE

Medium
Ceramic with burnished kaolin slip
Dimensions
25.5 × 20 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1254
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Central Mexico

Culture
Teotihuacán
Period
Middle Classic, Tlamimilolpa
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Techniques
burnishing (polishing)
Subject
priests, religious art, mythology, iconography

1982, Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] Griffin lent to the Museum in 1982 (L.1982.59).

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