Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Victor Achison (1908-1966, a Broadway actor); purchased by MAI from Victor Achison in 1966.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Aztec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Victor Achison, Non-Indian, 1908-1966
- Seller
- Victor Achison, Non-Indian, 1908-1966
- Date created
- AD 1200-1550
- Object Name
- Tripod bowl with rattle legs
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint, pebbles
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 23.9 x 23.1 x 13.9 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Indigenous Term
- tepalcatl
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