Fluted Cylinder Vessel

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Fluted Cylinder Vessel

Guatemala, Northern Petén, Maya, 650–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Height: 10 5/8 in. (26.9875 cm) Diameter (Diameter): 3 3/8 in. (8.5725 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary (M.2005.133)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Reents-Budet, Dorie, Sylvaine Boucher Le Landis, Yoly Palomo Carrillo, Ronald L. Bishop, and M. James Blackman. "Codex-style Ceramics: New Data Concerning Patterns of Production and Distribution," in XXIV Symposium of Archaeological Investigations in Guatemala. Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Arqueología e Etnología, 2010.