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Vessel, c. 300 BCE-200 CE, 9 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm), Clay, 4th century BCE - 2nd century CE, Squash were staple crops of ancient Mexico--dried versions were some of the earliest containers for food and drink. This deep orange, symmetrical pot perches on three feet in the form of parrots. Parrots and pumpkins were both associated with fertility and abundance in ancient Colima.
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Vessel, c. 300 BCE-200 CE, 9 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm), Clay, 4th century BCE - 2nd century CE, Squash were staple crops of ancient Mexico--dried versions were some of the earliest containers for food and drink. This deep orange, symmetrical pot perches on three feet in the form of parrots. Parrots and pumpkins were both associated with fertility and abundance in ancient Colima.
Credit:
Album / quintlox
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Image size:
5024 x 3920 px | 56.3 MB
Print size:
42.5 x 33.2 cm | 16.7 x 13.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
300 BCE-200 CE • 4TH CENTURY BCE-2ND CENTURY CE • ABUNDANCE • AFFLUENCE • ANCIENT COLIMA • ANCIENT MEXICO • ASSOCIATE • ASSOCIATED • CLAY • DEEP ORANGE • DRIED VERSIONS • DRINK • EARLIEST CONTAINERS • FERTILITY • FLATTEN • FOOD • FOODSTUFFS • FORM • FORTUNA • FORTUNETELLER • HAPPINESS • LINKED • LUCK • PARROTS • PLENTIFULNESS • PLENTY • PROFUSION • PUMPKINS • RICHNESS • SQUASH • STAPLE CROPS • SYMMETRICAL POT PERCHES • THREE FEET • VESSEL • WEALTH
