Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0227-0052 | |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Maya | |
| Global Region | Mexico & Central America | |
| Country | Guatemala | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Huehuetenango | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Site: Chalchitan | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 300 - 400 CE | |
| Collection Name | Elgueta Collection (Mayan) | |
| Materials | Clay; Pigment (cinnabar or hematite?) | |
| Description | Bowl with flat base and nearly vertical sides; Low relief carving design shows a background of hatch marks and a foreground of an animal head in profile; The animal has a large, round eye and appears to have a very long nose which arches up and curls at the end; A second curling appendage arches backward from the nose bridge, behind and above the head; The animal appears to wear a headdress or have plumes flowing behind and separated from the face with a band of rectangles; Design is repeated twice with one panel wider and more elaborate than the other; Brown with traces of red pigment, possibly cinnabar or hematite. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.6, Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 12.2 | |