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Bowl with Rattle Base
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The nobility may have used these goblets for a chocolate beverage or for pulque, made from the fermented sap of the maguey cactus. Both are painted with the precision and brilliant colors for which the Mixteca-Puebla style is renowned, and they carry some of the same motifs, such as the band of stylized animal heads at the top. The smaller bowl has a rattle base.
| Artist / Maker | Anonymous, 10th-16th century |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 900–1519 |
| Culture / Origin | Mexico, Cholula?, Mixteca-Puebla Style, 10th-16th century |
| Medium | earthenware with colored slips |
| Dimensions | Diameter: 7.9 x 11 cm (3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Art of the Americas |
| Type | Ceramic |
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