Sujet
Pottery bowl with design of figures on the back of a waterbird
Légende
Pottery bowl with design of figures on the back of a waterbird, Such bowls were intended as burial offerings and were ritually killed at burial with punctures to their base. This helped to release the vessels spirit into the next world. USA. Mogollon, Mimbres style. 10th century, AD.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A18_119
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35,9Mo (2,3Mo) / 33,3cm x 27,0cm / 3936 x 3189 (300dpi)