Vase
| Object Number: | 38-14-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Mexico and Central America Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Mayan |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Alta Verapaz Chama (Guatemala) |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | 8th century |
| Early Date: | 700 |
| Late Date: | 900 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 23.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 15 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from the Estate of Ebenezer Cary, 1938 |
| Other Number: | L-45-1 - Old Loan Number |
Description
Polychrome ceramic ware, cylindrical, reddish paste, cream slip on exterior, red interior, circumference decorated with pictoral designs painted in several tints of red-orange and sepia on cream slip, red and black lines with typical Chama chevron band at top and bottom, decoration shows seven human figures, two colored band five red, in ceremony, each figure accompanied by two to four glyphs, intact except for crack
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya (05 Apr 2009 - 31 Jan 2010) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 45, fig. 37 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 90, pl. 102 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 99, fig. 79 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Nevermann, Hans, and Trowell, Kathleen M., and Dockstader, Frederick J., and Anton, Ferdinand. 01 Jul 1979. Primitive Art: Pre-Columbian, American Indian, African, Oceanic.. New York. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 126 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 92 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 84 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "The Maya: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 27-41 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 36, fig. 22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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