Jar

Object Number:

37-13-144

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Guatemala
Department of Jutiapa
Asuncion Mita (uncertain)
Chalchuapa (uncertain)

Culture Area:

Central America

Section:

American

Materials:

Ceramic

Technique:

Carved
Incised

Iconography:

Hieroglyphics

Description:

Cylindrical jar. buff pottery, flat base slightly concave vertical sides, bands of eroded negative painting at top and bottom, band of red slip near top with band of carved heiroglyphic motifs above it, wide band of incised pictoral decoration near base

Height:

23cm

Outside Diamater:

14cm

Credit Line:

Purchased by Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason

Other Number:

Field No SF