This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Cacao bowl with hieroglyphs

Black clay bowl in relief. Maya, Early Classic The primary standard sequence (with the two glyphs yu-k'i-bi and ka-ka-wa seen on the left) reveals that it is a cocoa drinking vessel.

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay bowl
Dimensions
Height: 8,5 cm
Depth: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight: 0,6 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 49928

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Early classical period
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Marie Luise Zarnitz - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1997
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5