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Tripod Plate with Dancing Maize God300–600 CE

Not on view
Ancient ceramic plate with burnt-orange slip, decorated with concentric bands of scrolls and dots surrounding a central dark brown bird figure in silhouette
Title
Tripod Plate with Dancing Maize God
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, possibly Uaxactun or vicinity
Date Made
300–600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 1/10 in. (30.734 cm); 3 4/5 x 12 1/10 x 12 1/10 in. (9.652 x 30.734 x 30.734 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.457
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas