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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Classical
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Marie Luise Zarnitz - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1996
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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