Vase
38-14-1
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Chama (Guatemala)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-14-1 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Maya |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Chama (Guatemala) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 8th century |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Polychrome ceramic ware, cylindrical, reddish paste, cream slip on exterior, red interior, circumference decorated with pictoral designs painted in several tints of red-orange and sepia on cream slip, red and black lines with typical Chama chevron band at top and bottom, decoration shows seven human figures, two colored band five red, in ceremony, each figure accompanied by two to four glyphs, intact except for crack |
| Height | 23.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of Mrs. Ebenezer Cary, 1938 |
| Other Number | L-45-1 - Old Loan Number |
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