Calabash Effigy Vessel
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMaya
OriginYucatan, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date650-750
MediumEarthenware, orange slip, pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 13.1 x 18.2 cm (5 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
DescriptionMaya Calabash-shapped dish, Late Classic period, with fluted base, slightly flaring cylindrical sides. The front carved and incised with a dignitary in profile and shown to the waist, with striated backward-seeping coiffure held by a band, and plumes hanging at the back. There is another head in profile, possible a glyph, and flanked by other glyphs. Areas of red pigment remaining, and a black band around the rim.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.114
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
400-550
Object number: G83.1.105
