Sujet
Pottery bowl painted with two figures, possibly representing the contrast between male and female or life and death
Légende
Pottery bowl painted with two figures, possibly representing the contrast between male and female or life and death, 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/ Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A18_123
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
31,4Mo (1,9Mo) / 26,2cm x 30,0cm / 3092 x 3544 (300dpi)