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Polychrom gemalte Szene und Pseudo-Hieroglyphen Vessel with polychrome painting and pseudo hieroglyphs

Polychrome-painted cylindrical clay vessel. Three black human figures in rich jewellery, holding decorated sticks in their hands at the top. Stylised hieroglyphics above and between the figures. Colours: yellow (ground), red-brown, black, white.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Quiché-Maya
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Weight: 0,8 kg
Height: 19,7 cm
Depth: 17,3 cm
Width: 16,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 46100

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late Classical
    where
    Guatemala
    who
    Quiché-Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Everett Rassiga - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1967
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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