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Cylindrical vessel with enema scene

Cylindrical clay vessel with polychrome painting in red, white and black on an orange background; fourteen people are depicted in a surrounding scene; in the centre is a head depicted in profile with a wide-open maw in which the god Chak is sitting, gesticulating animatedly; a hieroglyphic band (consecration text) runs around the upper edge of the vessel; various hieroglyphic texts are scattered throughout the scene; the preparations for an enema ritual are depicted by the god Chak, four Pawathun (old gods), six women and three Chak gods playing music.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Gewicht: 1,3 kg
Objektmaß: 24,2 x 18 x 18 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 49923

Provenance and sources

when
Classical
where
Guatemala
who
Maya

who
Marie Luise Zarnitz - Former Possessors

Description
Donation 1996

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