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64-15-153

From: Guatemala | Department of Peten | Altar de Sacraficios

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 64-15-153
Current Location On Loan
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Peten | Altar de Sacraficios
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

-154 is from same vessel as -153. -153 is composed of 5 pieces glued together. Plain rimmed, basal sharp-Z angle, polypod vessel. Orange slipped all over with red paint added on rim overlapping on both interior and exterior and a narrow horizontal stripe interior below rim and an irregular wavey line on exterior horizontal; 2 horizontal black stripes on exterior below rim; one black stripe below red wavy line; and irregular black semi-circles on shoulder of carination with filled in half-dish repeated. Part of foot remains. Lustrous. Fine paste.

Height 9.4 cm
Width 15.2 cm
Thickness 1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 1964

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