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Bowl Depicting Otherworldly Monkey and Peccary650–800 CE

Not on view
Small pre-Columbian ceramic bowl with brick-red rim and base, cream-slipped body painted with dark brown figural and glyphic decoration, raised on three small feet
Maya ceramic bowl with flared walls, red-slipped rim and base with small tripod feet, cream-colored body painted with Maya glyphs and figural imagery in dark brown.
Ceramic bowl with terracotta-red rim and foot, cream-colored body decorated with incised figural and floral motifs including a reclining animal and standing figure, resting on small stud feet.
Ceramic bowl with flared rim and small feet, red-slipped bands at top and base, cream-toned body incised with a supernatural or animal figure amid scrolling motifs, in a pre-Columbian style.
Ceramic Maya bowl with flared walls and small tripod feet, red slip on rim and base, cream-slipped body painted with black glyphs and scrolling curvilinear motifs encircling the exterior.
Maya ceramic bowl with flared sides and small tripod feet, red-slipped rim and base framing a cream-colored band painted in dark brown with figural and glyphic imagery.
Title
Bowl Depicting Otherworldly Monkey and Peccary
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm) Height: 3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.