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Browse All : Artifact and Ceramic tableware--Honduras and 3 3/16 in high x 5 3/8 in diameter and Indigenous peoples--Antiquities by Polychrome bowl : zoomorphic design : anthropod, spider, or mosquito. 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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