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Collections

Carved Vessel with Supernatural Serpent600–900 CE

Not on view
Carved bone or ivory plaque with a central lozenge shape filled with a coiling serpentine figure in low relief, surrounded by dense ring-and-dot stippling
Title
Carved Vessel with Supernatural Serpent
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 9/10 in. (14.986 cm); 7 3/10 x 4 4/5 x 4 4/5 in. (18.542 x 12.192 x 12.192 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.106
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas