Vessel of a Bat Foot with Claws
The bat appears with notable frequency in the art of Monte Albán and other Zapotec cities in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Throughout Mesoamerica, bats were associated with death and sacrifice. In addition to figural funerary urns, forms of bat feet, such as this example, were...
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19727
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sculpture
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normalized
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Norman Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, prior to March 2006; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent], March 28, 2006, by purchase [Arte Primitivo, New York, as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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Zapotec
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.3_3Qtr_DD_T07.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.3_3Qtr_DD_T07.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_2006.15.3_3Qtr_DD_T07.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2006.15.3 |
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