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Effigy Vessel

Object Number:37-13-200
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Guatemala
Guatemalan Highlands
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Iconography:Woman
Jar
Height: 24 cm
Width: 19 cm
Thickness: 18 cm
Credit Line:Central American Expedition, J. Alden Mason, 1937
Other Number:225 - Field No SF

Description

shows woman holding large jar in her hands; hollow, red pottery with bright red slip

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya (05 Apr 2009 - 31 Jan 2010) 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. 24View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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