LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam680–750 CE

Not on view
Ceramic plate viewed from above, terracotta-orange exterior with cream interior painted in dark brown with Mesoamerican hieroglyphic glyphs around the rim and a central figurative scene of two facing masked forms
Title
Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Southern Campeche
Date Made
680–750 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm) Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.5
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Saunders, David, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. Picture Worlds: Storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.