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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
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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