| Title |
Obsidian stone ax sculpture |
| Source Donors |
Lugo Villalba, Karina |
| Description |
Three color photographs of an obsidian stone as sculpture. Donor purchased the piece in Mexico in 2011; An artist was at a ceremony for an Aztec leader (Cuauhtemoc)- artist was a vendor;it represents the Machica people and the obsidian is important as a symbol of self reflection. |
| Collection |
Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR) |
| Identifier |
POUR24_0055_003 |
| Contributing Institution |
UMFA and Artes de Mexico |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Subject |
Art objects; Aztec art; Jade; Polychrome; Pre-Columbian art; Religious art; Sculpture; Taos (N.M.) |
| Genre |
carvings (visual works) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Taos County, New Mexico, United States https://www.geonames.org/5493780/taos-county.html |
| Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Scanned By |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s615cbf1 |
| Setname |
dha_pour |
| ID |
2634939 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s615cbf1 |
