Effigy Cup
| Object Number: | 37-12-44A |
|---|---|
| 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: | 13 cm |
| Credit Line: | Guatemalan Expedition; Robert Burkitt, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 1154 - Field No SF |
Description
painted red blue and cream, in form of head of god with large perforated mouth and great filed tau shaped tooth, large eyes with rung under them, originally rested on three small nodes
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 |
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