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Masked Male Figure with Dance Staff700–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a standing figure in worn cornflower blue paint, covered with small attached figures, disk shapes, and hand forms across the body
Ceramic standing figure with articulated limbs, painted in turquoise blue with unpainted clay joints and feet. The figure wears an elaborate fan-shaped blue headdress, a wide collar, and circular disk ornaments at the chest and hip. Multiple jointed arms and legs suggest a poseable construction. Paint is worn and flaking throughout.
Title
Masked Male Figure with Dance Staff
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Campeche, Jaina Island
Date Made
700–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire applied pigment
Dimensions
a) Figure: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (18.42 x 11.43 x 6.99 cm); b) Headdress: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 7/8 in. (4.45 x 6.99 x 2.22 cm); c) Staff: 7 x 2 x 1 3/8 in. (17.78 x 5.08 x 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Gilbert Bourne
Accession Number
M.76.157a-d
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.