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Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers600–900 CE

Not on view
Maya ceramic vessel band painted in reddish-brown on cream, with a row of hieroglyphic glyphs above a continuous scene of elaborately dressed figures with headdresses, smaller figures, and animals

Unknown, Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Rollout Photograph © Justin Kerr (File No. K5977)

Title
Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 3/5 in. (11.684 cm); 8 x 4 1/2 in. (20.32 x 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.520
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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