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House-Shaped Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Panels600–900 CE

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Small rectangular terracotta ceramic vessel with cylindrical neck, decorated with brick-red pigment and a molded relief panel depicting a seated figure wearing an elaborate headdress and bead necklace
Title
House-Shaped Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Panels
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with postfire-applied pigment
Dimensions
4 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 11/16 in. (10.48 × 6.03 × 4.29 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.356.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas