COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0142-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0142
Title:
Painted bowl or cup : codex style.
Subject:
Ceramic bowls--Guatemala
Subject:
Pottery--Guatemala
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Guatemala
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Maya art--Guatemala
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The Maya elite enjoyed drinking cool frothy chocolate water laced with chile or vanilla. The mirror image on this chocolate vessel represents the severed head of the young corn god of the Maya Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque. The pseudo-glyphs around the neck of the pot are decorative.
Materials:
Ceramic: polychromed tan clays; red and black slip with brown wash.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 and 900
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Object Type:
Bowl
Dimensions:
5 in high x 5 3/4 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Guatemala
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
Period:
Classic
