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Sandstone vessel with lid

Sandstone vessel with lid. In front a relief head with volutes and spikes above the forehead and feather decoration falling down the sides. Stepped oyster. A smooth sculptural head on the back of the lid. The bottom of the lid partially chipped

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Sandstone vessel with lid
Dimensions
Weight: 2,105 kg
Depth: 12,5 cm
Height: 18,4 cm
Depth: 16,5 cm
Width: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Sandstone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41427

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Early classical period
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Otto Langmann - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchased by Oberkirchenrat Otto Langmann. Berlin 1935
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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