Sujet
Pottery bowl with drawing representing childbirth
Légende
Pottery bowl with drawing representing childbirth, Such bowls were intended as burial offerings and were ritually killed at burial with punctures to their base. This helped release the vessels spirit into the next world. USA, Mogollon, Mimbres style. 10th century, AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A18_121
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
29,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 24,6cm x 29,7cm / 2908 x 3512 (300dpi)