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Censer of Ancestor with Storm Deity in Headdress300–600 CE

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Ceramic funerary urn with a flared cylindrical base and sculpted upper section featuring a human face beneath a large supernatural mask with wide flanking headdress, in warm tan clay with traces of red pigment
Ceramic effigy vessel with a modeled frontal face wearing an elaborate headdress, featuring layered applied decorations including a secondary face above, circular ear ornaments, and small figurative elements at either side; traces of red pigment on the headdress band; buff-colored earthenware with textured surface details.

Unknown, Teotihuacan-Style Censer with Ancestor and Storm God, 300–600 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Censer of Ancestor with Storm Deity in Headdress
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Escuintla
Date Made
300–600 CE
Medium
Earthenware with postfire pigment
Dimensions
11 × 9 × 9 3/8 in. (27.94 × 22.86 × 23.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.1019a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.