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Drinking Cup with Composite Creator Deities400–600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Keepers of the Cosmos in Mesoamerican Art
Pre-Columbian ceramic vessel with barrel-shaped body, black slip, and dense low-relief carving of curvilinear figures filled with cream-white pigment
Ceramic cylindrical vessel with dark brown burnished surface, densely covered in low-relief and incised curvilinear motifs including zoomorphic and serpentine forms; a band of oval glyphs encircles the upper rim.
Ceramic vessel with cylindrical body tapering to a rounded base, covered in densely modeled low-relief figural imagery in dark brown and reddish-brown tones, with a band of incised glyphic motifs near the rim.
Ceramic cylindrical vessel with dark brown burnished surface, covered in densely carved low-relief curvilinear designs including scrolls, zoomorphic faces, and abstract motifs; a band of incised oval glyphs runs along the upper rim.
Ceramic vessel with rounded base and straight rim, covered in dense low-relief carved decoration. A large frontal face with prominent eyes and scrolling features dominates the body, surrounded by curvilinear and zoomorphic motifs. A band of incised glyphs encircles the upper rim. Dark brown and reddish-brown earthenware surface.
Title
Drinking Cup with Composite Creator Deities
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Southern Lowlands
Date Made
400–600 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 5/16 in. (21.11 cm) Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.42 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.729
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Martin, Simon. "The Old Man of the Maya Universe: a Unitary Dimension to Ancient Maya Religion." In Maya Archaeology 3, edited by Charles Golden, Stephen Houston, and Joel Skidmore, 186-227. San Francisco: Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, 2015.