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Lidded Vessel
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Lidded Vessel

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and specular hematite
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (25.1 x 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoetzer
Terms
    Object number94.0054.02
    DescriptionThis beautiful vessel is another example of how the boundaries between the animal and human worlds were permeable in ancient Maya society. Commissioned for a funerary assemblage, the lid of this tripod vase is decorated with a finely modeled head that displays both jaguar and human characteristics. Powerful animal companion spirits accompanied the dead on their journey to the Underworld and perhaps this vessel held an offering related to such a passage.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 700-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ballgame Yoke
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Flask
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Olmec
    ca. 600-300 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Dogon people
    19th century or earlier
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tripod Bowl
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lidded Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300-600
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Urn
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300-600
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Pendant
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 300-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Shawl (Perraje)
    Artist Unknown
    1912-1917
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