Double Chamber Jar
Artist/Maker
Teotihuacán
(Central Highlands, Mexico)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (31.1 x 31.8 x 18.4 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
Object number89.0003
DescriptionTeotihuacan (Place of the Gods) was a major trading center with a network of trade routes that infiltrated and influenced Mesoamerica as far south as Escuintla and Rio Seco. The monkey-faced figure and double-chambered whistling vessel is of a type common to Kaminaljuyu located in southern Guatemala near the border of Honduras.On View
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