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Cup Lid

Object Number:37-12-44B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Post-Classic Maya
Provenience: Guatemala
Department of Alta Verapaz
Chimuxan
Saite
Cahabon Drainage
Culture Area: Central American
Locus: Lower cave
Date Made: 1000-1200
Early Date: 1000
Late Date: 1200
Section:American
Materials:Ceramic
Technique:Painted
Height: 11 cm
Credit Line:Guatemalan Expedition; Robert Burkitt, 1937
Other Number:1154 - Field No SF

Description

painted in re blue and cream, oval, hemispherical, representing the headdress of the god with lattice work and conical spikes, loop handle at top

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya (05 Apr 2009 - 31 Jan 2010) View Objects in Exhibition
What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1952 - 31 Dec 1952) 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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