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Nasca Step Fret Triangle
Mixtec Step Fret Triangle
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/319800
The Nasca Culture: An Introduction Donald A. Proulx University of Massachusetts Originally published in German in: Nasca: Geheimnisvolle Zeichen im Alten Peru, Edited by Judith Rickenbach, Pp. 59-77. Zürich: Museum Rietberg Zürich, 1999. There are no modifications to the text but the illustrations were augmented 2007.
https://people.umass.edu/~proulx/online_pubs/Nasca_Overview_Zurich.pdf
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.249
This well-preserved pedestal bowl is a fine example of polychrome ceramics made during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in the Cholula area of the state of Puebla and the Mixtec region of Oaxaca. Well finished with brilliant, almost lacquerlike surfaces, the ceramic vessels feature designs in vivid orange, red, and white. Gray, dark brown, and black are also used in a style seen in the painted manuscripts of the period. These vessels were of such high quality and superior workmanship that they were used in the court of the Aztec emperor in Tenochtitlan.
Around the upper portion of this bowl are three prowling felines, their heads turned back over their slender, curved bodies. The creatures' aggressiveness is conveyed through their penetrating gaze, bared teeth, and fangs. Pointed forms emanate from under their feet, probably representing claws. Bladelike forms appear along their backbone, tail, and forearms, while one is held in an outstretched paw. These probably represent the flint knives that were used in sacrifices. The flared base is encircled by bands with step-frets, and a repetitive series of volutes, possibly indicating smoke, and nucleated disks
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312587
https://edgarsmesoart.com/mixtec
Nasca ceramics are known for their masterful use of polychrome paint. Black outlining of all the forms shows the skill of Nasca artists. This kero has two drilled holes close on the rim, signs of an ancient repair made with twine laced through the holes. It belongs to the Late Nasca Style, characterized by taller and narrower forms, less variety of color, and abstract rayed deities.[1] In this late style, the deity represented is fantastical with a long protruding tongue and tentacle-like forms projecting from the head and body.[2] This drinking cup depicts three registers, and painted black and white quadrants on the bottom. The top and the lower registers depict motifs like step frets and double-headed snakes, represented here in a form closely resembling Andean textiles. In the middle register, the hands and legs of the beings are clearly depicted but their bodies have been replaced by abstract emanations called signifiers.[3] The middle register on this vessel shows two rayed deities known as the Proliferous Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, a more complex version of the mythical being from the Middle Nasca Style.[4]
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/latinarch/catalog/andean-artifacts/
https://smarthistory.org/nasca-ceramics-an-introduction/
Notes: Game on...on the radio...Giants at Angels...Giants), Angels coming to bat bottom of first...Ohtani pitching for the Angels...Just a couple times in the browsing have I happened on others relating how they happened on seeing the step fret triangle in Peru, and Mexico...it seems a kinda tourist no brainer...tourists that visit both Mesoamerica and the Andes can't help but see them...and it would be something museums would note, and even set step fret triangle artifacts from both side by side in exhibits: Nasca step fret triangles and Mixtec step fret triangles, side by side...back in the posts I've done that!...bares reiteration, as I keep finding better examples!...Ohtani up...K...Angels have lead off runner on first...Drury K...Moustakis with a double...runners second and third...Cron makes out...to top of second...runner first and second, one out...E2 on pick off throw to second...sac fly brings runner in...to bottom of second...to top of third...lead off single...runners at corners, two down...K...to bottom of third....Angels make out, leave a runner...to top of fourth...to bottom of fourth...to top of fifth...two down...to bottom of fifth...to top of sixth...double play!...Drury with rbi hit...Regnifo with a double, then Ohtani intentionally walked...Moustakis up...Giants 1, Angels 1..."deep down the right side...this one is outa here!"-Moustakis three run home run!...Giants 1-Angels 4...Cron makes out...top of seventh...bases loaded...two down?...ground out...bottom of seventh...shield motifs are the archetypal apotropaic symbols...the female bottle figure holding the spindle is neat...headband, belt, drinking cup rim-the Nasca step frets...bowl base and shield for step fret Mixtec(Edit: added first one 8/10)...the bowl of a forge with the solitary figure is neat, a must read...the two expressions head is for Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde post...for sometime...Ohtani up...bottom of eighth...W...the Mixtec kinda paint with black outlines too...need a close study/read of similar art style...gotta wonder if Mixtecs had cone heads...brb...to top of ninth...one out, runner on first...no luck on Mixtec cone heads...consolation is they weren't far from the Mayas and Olmecs...Crone error loses a double play...bases loaded....popped out...two down...Estevas in relief...really really needs this save...and had it, now a do over because of the error...6-4...Giants 1-Angels 4...put a halo over this one!
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