Turquoise color water vessel

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Title Turquoise color water vessel
Source Donors Lugo Villalba, Karina
Description Four color photographs of a turquoise water vessel. Donor got the vessel in 2024 in the market in Mexico City; Tlaloc is an old and sacred character for the ancient people of Mexico- represents water that falls from the sky; used as a water vessel for her to bring to ceremony and dance because water is her given birth right to bring in life.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR24_0055_005
Contributing Institution UMFA and Artes de Mexico
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Archaeology; Art objects; Aztec art; Ceramic sculpture; Geometric patterns; Mesoamérica; Mexico -- Antiquities; Mythical creatures; Polychrome; Pre-Columbian art; Religious art; Sculpture
Genre drink serving vessels
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
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Type Image
Format application/pdf
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6bzcj0z
Setname dha_pour
ID 2634941
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bzcj0z
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