Zapotec Figural Terracotta Tripod Censer mingqi monumental architecture

monumental architecture

A remarkable artifact

abrasion and minor pinholes

Sickness or injury causes this essence to retreat toward the spine

and on ancestral spirits (amadlozi

Zapotec Figural Terracotta Tripod Censer mingqi monumental architectureZapotec civilization, c. 600 1350AD, Valley of Oaxaca, Mesoamerica. An intriguing tripod terracotta censer from the Zapotec civilization, also known as the "Cloud People," who flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mesoamerica. This ceremonial piece, carefully shaped and decorated, depicts a priest or deity with an elaborate headdress, a hallmark of the distinct anthropomorphic censers produced by the Zapotecs, especially at their capital city of Monte