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Cache vessel

The function and use of such depot vessels with relief decoration are still largely unknown. All are decorated with images of gods. The lower depiction shows essential features of the so-called water lily god; the upper one shows a deity with a triangular decorative plate and a knotted ribbon hanging from his nose. The iconography of the vessel appears to be a kind of cosmogram, as the water lily god belongs to the uppermost layer of the underworld, which was thought of as a watery surface, while the god with the nose ornament resides in heaven.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay cache pot
Dimensions
Height: 36,3 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Weight: 5 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 49842 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Early classical period
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Dr. Claus Pelling - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1994
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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