Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Item
Title
Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Description
The Pyxis of Al-Mughira is a popular ivory casket filled with human and animal images. Speculations on its iconography have noted that Al-Mughira may have been a threat to Hisham II's throne, and the iconography could symbolize this political struggle.
Creator
unknown
Temporal Coverage
968 CE
Spatial Coverage
Al-Andalus
Type
image
Date Created
2015-08-08
Source
https://smarthistory.org/pyxis-of-al-mughira/#:~:text=In%20Al-Andalus%2C%20ivory%20objects%2C%20including%20pyxides%2C%20were%20bestowed,their%20allegiance%20to%20the%20Umayyad%20Caliphs%20in%20Spain.
Contributor
Rachel Barbanente
Rights
photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
