Standing Male Figure600–800 CE

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Title: Standing Male Figure
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, Jaina Island
Date Made: 600–800 CE
Medium: Ceramic with Maya blue pigment
Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 6 × 3 in. (24.77 × 15.24 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Phil Berg
Accession Number: M.71.73.217
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Curatorial Notes: Thousands of graves have been discovered on the island of Jaina, which may have served as a necropolis for nobility from the nearby cities of the Yucatán Peninsula. Small sculptures such as this representation of a nobleman were found in many of the tombs. Constructed as hollow or solid tubes of clay, the figures were dressed by adding thin slabs of clay cut as clothing. Their dress and accoutrements may reflect the occupation or social status of the deceased, and facial features were delicately shaped to portray individual characters.

2008
Selected Bibliography: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
Miller, Mary and Simon Martin. Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2004.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).

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Not on view

Title: Standing Male Figure
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche, Jaina Island
Date Made: 600–800 CE
Medium: Ceramic with Maya blue pigment
Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 6 × 3 in. (24.77 × 15.24 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Phil Berg
Accession Number: M.71.73.217
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Curatorial Notes: Thousands of graves have been discovered on the island of Jaina, which may have served as a necropolis for nobility from the nearby cities of the Yucatán Peninsula. Small sculptures such as this representation of a nobleman were found in many of the tombs. Constructed as hollow or solid tubes of clay, the figures were dressed by adding thin slabs of clay cut as clothing. Their dress and accoutrements may reflect the occupation or social status of the deceased, and facial features were delicately shaped to portray individual characters.

2008
Selected Bibliography: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
Miller, Mary and Simon Martin. Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2004.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).