Vessel

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-vessels

Culture Maya

Date550-950 CE

Made AtGuatemala, Central America, North America

MediumCeramic and pigment

Dimensions7 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (19.4 × 12.4 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number85.26.5

DescriptionVessel. Late Classic, Maya, Guatemala. Funerary offering. Cylindrical polychrome ceramic vase. Painted procession of 5 masked figures around exterior in pink, red, & gray. Black outlines. Zoomorphs apparently represent human with tail wearing jaguar headdress; monkey, tapir and crane. Glyphs around rim in black and orange. An astonishing example of Maya design, with original sketch lines still showing.

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