Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability

CAS Anthropology Collections Database

Filter: GlobalRegion=%Mexico%;
Sort by:   Catalog #   Category   Culture
1 - 201174Records
1
Brief Records    Single Page    Back to Search Form
Go to page: <Prev
Next>

Catalog Number

CAS 0011-0077   CAS 0011-0077; Bodice
Category Textiles
Object Name Bodice
Culture Cuna
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Panama
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 75.8, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 57.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0001   CAS 0227-0001; Ladle censer handle
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer handle
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Ladle censer handle with bowl fragment attached; Human effigy (face only) on distal end of tubular handle; The hollow handle is open at the distal end but there is no opening from the handle into the bowl; Effigy faces up and covers 1/2 of the handle; Face has applied beard and ear plugs, and coffee-bean eyes with matching mouth; A round ornament rests on the center of the forehead; No evidence of pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.6, Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 3.8, Length = 14.4

Catalog Number CAS 0227-0002   CAS 0227-0002; Ladle censer with rattle
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer with rattle
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Ladle censer with shallow bowl and tubular handle; Handle is hollow with clay rattle inside and two small, round holes centered near end; One hole is on top, the other underneath; Top of handle has three wide, evenly spaced ridges incised into rim; Beige.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.2, Thickness = 0.8, Max Diam = 21.0, Length = 34.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0003   CAS 0227-0003; Ladle censer
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment?
Description Ladle censer; Hollow, tubular handle with four applied dots at the end protruding slightly beyond the handle; A fifth dot is centered on the handle just below the four and may have had a hole above it; Possible traces of red pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.6, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 19.9, Length = 31.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0004   CAS 0227-0004; Ladle censer
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Ladle censer with shallow bowl; Handle was formed by twisting four rolls of clay so that they wind around each other; Distal end of handle has been flattened and has the four ends of the rolls pointing out slightly so that they form bumps in the tip of the handle; Beige.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.7, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 25.2, Length = 32.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0005   CAS 0227-0005; Ladle censer
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Ladle censer with human effigy (face only) on distal end of tubular handle; The hollow handle is open at the distal end and also opens into the bowl; Effigy faces up and covers 1/3 of the handle; Face has applied coffee-bean eyes, matching mouth, and five round protrusions ringing the front forehead/rim of handle; The base of the bowl has 17 punctuated holes; Traces of red pigment remain.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.0, Thickness = 0.8, Max Diam = 18.3, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0006   CAS 0227-0006; Ladle censer handle with rattle
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer handle with rattle
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Ladle censer handle with bowl fragment attached; Jaguar effigy (face only) on distal end of tubular handle; The hollow handle is closed at both ends, but there is a hole at each corner of the mouth; Effigy faces directly away from the bowl and covers 1/3 of the handle; Jaguar has an open mouth, fangs bared; A clay rattle is inside the handle; No evidence of pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.3, Width = 5.3, Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 5.1, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0007   CAS 0227-0007; Ladle censer
Category Pottery; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle censer
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Ladle censer with shallow bowl and tubular handle; Handle is hollow and open on the distal end; Distal end of handle has a flaring rim; Beige with inner rim of bowl painted with a red ring.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.9, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 27.3, Length = 36.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0008   CAS 0227-0008; Incensario fragment
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Incensario base, hollow with slightly flaring base rim; Outside surface is decorated with three sets of four vertical lines formed by pinching the clay before firing; At the top of the base, directly above a set of lines, is an applied design of two earspool-like circles touching each other and centered above a roundish protrusion with a vertical incision; This design has been broken off at the top where the bowl had been, but what remains resembles a face with earspool-like eyes and a bulbous nose; Bowl of vessel is completely missing; Unpainted.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.8, Thickness = 0.9, Max Diam = 17.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0009   CAS 0227-0009; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Incensario with deep, hollow base and slightly shallower bowl; Bowl is slightly wider than base; Bowl and base both have nearly vertical walls and flaring lips; Base has design of six semi-rectangular holes, evenly spaced, along the wall; Beige with traces of red pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 13.6, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 22.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0010   CAS 0227-0010; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Incensario with flaring rim and base, narrower center; Rim and base have defined lips; Seam shows union of base and bowl; The base has a high, hollow center, as does the bowl; Inside of bowl is fire-damaged, possibly from the burning of incense therein; Unpainted.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 21.9, Thickness = 1.6, Max Diam = 24.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0011   CAS 0227-0011; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Incensario with narrow center and slightly flaring bowl and base; The base has a hollow center, as does the bowl; Red pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.7, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 16.6

Catalog Number CAS 0227-0012   CAS 0227-0012; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Incensario with deep, hollow base and shallow bowl; Front design shows a human face, with a long, narrow nose and wide, coffee bean eyes and mouth which look half open; Arching above the nose and down the cheeks is an inverted "U" shape, raised and punctuated with small indented dots; Back design shows a cut out "plus" shape, opening into the hollow base; Each side between front and back has a series of points sticking out perpendicular to the vessel wall; Beige and brown on the back, red on the front.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 13.6, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 19.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0013   CAS 0227-0013; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Incensario with flat base, vertical sides; Sides are decorated with four horizontal rows of applied points, which extend perpendicularly from the vessel; Brown.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.0, Thickness = 0.7, Rim Diam = 13.1, Max Diam = 16.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0014   CAS 0227-0014; Incensario fragment
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Incensario bowl fragment; Round, with rows of applied points sticking out perpendicular from the bowl; A horizontal red band is painted parallel to the rows of points.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 15.1, Width = 25.1, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 11.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0015   CAS 0227-0015; Pot stand
Category Pottery
Object Name Pot stand
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Pot stand with short, vertical, cylindrical center; Center is hollow and opens into both base and rim; Flaring rim and base have design on lip consisting of a ring of applied dots with no room between dots; A slightly raised ring separates the center of the stand from both base and rim lips; Dark brown slip.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.4, Thickness = 0.8, Max Diam = 13.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0016   CAS 0227-0016; Pot stand
Category Pottery
Object Name Pot stand
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Pot stand with short, vertical, cylindrical center; Center is hollow and opens into both base and rim; Flaring rim and base have design on lip consisting of a ring of applied dots with a small space between each dot; A slightly raised ring separates the center of the stand from both base and rim lips; Dark brown slip.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.7, Thickness = 0.8, Max Diam = 13.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0017   CAS 0227-0017; Pot stand
Category Pottery
Object Name Pot stand
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Pot stand with short, concave center; Center is hollow and opens into both base and rim; Flaring rim and base have design on edge consisting of a ring of applied coffee bean shapes with a small space between each "bean"; Dark brown slip.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.4, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 13.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0018   CAS 0227-0018; Pot stand
Category Pottery
Object Name Pot stand
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Pot stand with short, vertical, cylindrical center; Center is hollow and opens into both base and rim; Flaring rim and base have slightly raised ring along edges; Red-brown slip.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.4, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 14.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0227-0019   CAS 0227-0019; Pot stand
Category Pottery
Object Name Pot stand
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Pot stand with long, vertical, cylindrical center and wide, semi-flat base and rim; The center is hollow and opens into both base and rim; Dark red-brown slip.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 21.1, Thickness = 0.8, Rim Diam = 17.6, Max Diam = 19.6
1 - 201174Records
1
Brief Records    Single Page    Back to Search Form
Go to page: <Prev
Next>
CalAcademy Footer