Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0138-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0138
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Title:
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Maya baluster form vase : three pictoral panels : cormorant, elite Maya male, quetzalcoatl with ancestor.
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Subject:
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Vases, Ancient--El Salvador
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Subject:
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Pottery--El Salvador
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Subject:
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Ceramic tableware--El Salvador
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Subject:
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Maya art--El Salvador
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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This transitional ceramic depicts Maya iconography on a foreign vessel. The baluster form with a pedestal foot is a Costa Rican import. The polychrome decorations of a cormorant with jaguar spots, a seated maya, and a feathered serpent with an ancestor emerging from the serpent's mouth are Maya.
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Materials:
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Ceramic: tan clay, polychromed slips on a white ground.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 500 and 800
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Vessel
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Dimensions:
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8 in high x 5 1/32 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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El Salvador
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Culture:
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Maya
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Style:
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Copador
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Period:
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Late Classic
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