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Effigy Tobacco Flask of Spider Monkey600–900 CE

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Small ceramic effigy vessel in the form of a seated figure with arms raised, painted in cream, dark brown, and brick red, with worn and flaking surface
Small ceramic effigy vessel modeled as a seated human figure with knees drawn up, the head tilted back with an open spout at the top. Polychrome painted surface in cream, red-orange, and black with worn, aged texture.
Small ceramic vessel with globular body, painted dark spiral motif on an orange-brown slip, with a molded figural attachment arching over the narrow mouth; weathered surface with flaking pigment.
Title
Effigy Tobacco Flask of Spider Monkey
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
3 × 2 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (7.62 × 6.67 × 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.3
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas