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Censer Lid

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Object Number:12702
Current Location: Mexico and Central America Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Maya
Provenience: Guatemala
Kaminaljuyu
Culture Area: Central American
Period: Late Classic
Date Made: 700-100 CE
Early Date: 700
Late Date: 100
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Ceramic
Iconography:Jaguar
Heart
Height: 46 cm
Width: 17 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Sr. Perez, Ecuadorian Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition; Subscription of Charles H. Cramp, 1893

Description

Ceramic censor lid in the form of a jaguar figure holding a heart.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "The Maya: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 27-41 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 39, fig. 23View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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