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

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Guatemala
who
Maya

who
Morton Lipkin - Former Possessors

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