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Browse All : Indigenous peoples--Antiquities and The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey. and Artifact of MAW Collection from between 300 and 900
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Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito.
Description
The jointed-legged animal depicted around the bowl is an arthropod. The arthropod has eight legs, which makes it an arachnid or spider. A spider is a suitable Maya image, since it ambushes its prey. Once caught, the spider sucks out the vital life fluids of the prey.
Subject
[Pottery--Honduras, Ceramic bowls--Honduras, Ceramic tableware--Honduras, Maya art--Honduras, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
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