Seated Male Effigy Cache Vessel
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMaya
OriginSouthern Highlands or Motagua River Valley, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date550-650
MediumEarthenware, brown slip, black slip, orange slip, pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.102a-b): 26 x 19 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
DescriptionMaya seated male effigy vessel, Late Classic period, in two separate parts of a seated robust figure with crossed legs. The left hand is to his stomach, the right to his shoulder, with frowning expression. He is wearing a flayed skin near his mouth and across the left cheek. There is a broad head band tied at the back and applied pellets. It is painted in buff, black and brownish-orange, and incised in glyphs.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.102a-b
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-300
Object number: G83.1.187
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
