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Clay bowl

Clay bowl, orange-coloured, with slightly protruding wall with 2 opposing dents. Painted in black and dark orange. A squatting human figure with crossed arms in the base. On the inside wall 4 identical figures between stone hieroglyphic bands and 2 squares filled with dotted circles. Outside, 6 identical figures with mock hieroglyphs, 2 of which are heavily eroded. Maya, Late Classic. Hole knocked out in the base - ritual killing? Probe hole?

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Depth: 8,7 cm
Diameter: 24,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 46143

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Morton Lipkin - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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