COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0138-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0138
Title:
Maya baluster form vase : three pictoral panels : cormorant, elite Maya male, quetzalcoatl with ancestor.
Subject:
Vases, Ancient--El Salvador
Subject:
Pottery--El Salvador
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--El Salvador
Subject:
Maya art--El Salvador
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
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.
Materials:
Ceramic: tan clay, polychromed slips on a white ground.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 500 and 800
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Dimensions:
8 in high x 5 1/32 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
El Salvador
Rights:
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).
Culture:
Maya
Style:
Copador
Period:
Late Classic
