Jar

37-13-144

From: Guatemala | Department of Jutiapa | Asuncion Mita (uncertain) | Chalchuapa (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 37-13-144
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Jutiapa | Asuncion Mita (uncertain) | Chalchuapa (uncertain)
Culture Area Central American
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 23 cm
Outside Diameter 14 cm
Credit Line Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason, 1937
Other Number 77 - Field No SF

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