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Vessel in the Form of an Armadillo700–850 CE

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Globular cream-colored ceramic vessel with incised overlapping scales covering a relief crocodilian creature, topped with a band of dark brown geometric glyphs and a terracotta stripe at the rim
Title
Vessel in the Form of an Armadillo
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Upper Motagua River Valley
Date Made
700–850 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 in. (20.32 cm); 7 1/2 x 9 4/5 x 8 in. (19.05 x 24.892 x 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.408
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
  • 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.

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