Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Vessel in the form of a Bird |
Date |
/ / |
Year Range from |
800 |
Year Range to |
1000 |
Medium |
Ceramic, clay with slip decoration |
Dimensions |
H-6 W-5.5 D-6.75 inches |
Accession Number |
99.20.2 |
Department |
PRE-COLUMBIAN |
Description |
Mayan vessel in the form of a bird effigy. Globular-bodied vessel with flared rim A fully modeled head of a bird emerges from the body of the vessel just below wide flaring spout. The bird's head is modeled and incised with large, round eyes and an open beak. Clawed feet on on the bottom. Wings and tail etched on sides. Ceramic, clay with orange slip decoration. Classic period, 800-1000 C.E. Pre-Columbian, Guatemala. Object records also state the time period as 300-900 C.E. The object record appraisal description states, "Globular bodied vessel, tall and wide flaring spout. Repousse features of a standing bird are on the body, with the head emergent and fully formed, with large round eyes and open moouth. Burnished orangeware...Mayan culture, Guatemala, late period. 800-1000 AD." Kenneth Bower, The Lands Beyond Pre-Columbian and Primitive Art, NY. |
Credit line |
Allan Long |
Search Terms |
10th Century 4th Century 5th Century 6th Century 7th Century 8th Century 9th Century Balance Beak Bird Bulbous Central American Ceramic Blawed Feet Clay Earth Tones Effigy Etched Eyes Guatemalan Incised Mayan Architecture Mesoamerican Organic Material Pre-Columbian Slip Decoration Symmetrical Tail Vessel Wings Zoomorphic |