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Tripod Plate with Maize God Dancer600–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic plate seen from above, with Mayan glyphs along the rim and a painted figure in an elaborate feathered headdress at the center, in rust red and dark brown on a cream ground
Ceramic tripod plate with wide shallow basin in red-orange slip, decorated with a band of Maya glyphs and figural imagery in black and dark red; scalloped rim on the base supported by three rounded bulbous feet.
Title
Tripod Plate with Maize God Dancer
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, possibly Uaxactun region
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm) Overall (Diameter) (Diameter): 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.82
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.