GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During the Classic period (200–900 CE), Maya culture developed in the region from the northern Yucatán peninsula to the southern highlands of Guatemala, from eastern Mexico to western Honduras. The Maya built monumental architecture in cities strategically located on trade routes traversing land, rivers, and sea. By the Late Classic period (600–900 CE), an expanding Maya elite traded in luxury items such as feathers, cacao, cotton cloth, obsidian, and jadeite sourced from southeastern Guatemala and western Honduras. The desire by Maya elite for exotic goods expanded interaction with non-Maya populations into the southeast periphery of Mesoamerica.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Label text, Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History (EODIAH), 2017.
NOTES
Maya, Late Classic, 650–900 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 01/04/16, 03/14/16, and 06/07/17.
Removed second paragraph from general description display at request of Michelle Rich:
The Ulúa River system served as a crucial conduit for cultural exchange into central Honduras. Maya traders from coastal Belize and the Yucatán peninsula transported worked objects to northern Honduras in exchange for local resources. Artisans from the Ulúa River regions produced elaborately carved marble cylinder vases, which were traded as far north as central Mexico and south into Panama. The Ulúa River valley, Lake Yojoa, and Comayagua populations further developed a regional polychrome painted ceramic tradition. These “Ulua Polychromes” varied in form and decoration; however, they often incorporated visual motifs adapted from their highly prolific Maya neighbors. The Ulua Polychrome tradition flourished in central Honduras throughout the Late Classic period.
(Emily Schiller 8/12/2021)
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099
Geography
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Process/materials
jadeite (mineral): AAT: 300011121
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983
Late Classic Period: AAT: 300016986
Individuals
Subject terms
worn costume accessories: AAT: 300209274
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
pectorals (jewelry): AAT: 300211902
green (color): AAT: 300128438
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
head: AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
male: AAT: 300189559
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
earrings (jewelry): AAT: 300045998
earspools: AAT: 300209300
ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
necklaces: AAT: 300046001
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
leg ornaments (leg coverings): DMA
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
captive (prisoners of war): AAT: 300259895
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
gesture: AAT: 300056179
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
king: AAT: 300025481
rulers (people): AAT: 300025475
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
trade (function): AAT: 300061886
luxury (concept / condition): DMA
precious (concept / condition): DMA
Ulúa Valley (Honduras): DMA
Río Ulúa (river): TGN: 1131229
Ulúa (Pre-Columbian Northern Central American styles): AAT: 300017226
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1968: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from Teochita, Inc., New York (Frances Pratt, dealer) [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter for Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated May 1, 1968, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Frances Pratt, Teochita, Inc. (dated May 6, 1968, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
During the Classic period (200–900 CE), Maya culture developed in the region from the northern Yucatán peninsula to the southern highlands of Guatemala, from eastern Mexico to western Honduras. The Maya built monumental architecture in cities strategically located on trade routes traversing land, rivers, and sea. By the Late Classic period (600–900 CE), an expanding Maya elite traded in luxury items such as feathers, cacao, cotton cloth, obsidian, and jadeite sourced from southeastern Guatemala and western Honduras. The desire by Maya elite for exotic goods expanded interaction with non-Maya populations into the southeast periphery of Mesoamerica.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Label text, Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History (EODIAH), 2017.
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Notes
Maya, Late Classic, 650–900 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 01/04/16, 03/14/16, and 06/07/17.
Removed second paragraph from general description display at request of Michelle Rich:
The Ulúa River system served as a crucial conduit for cultural exchange into central Honduras. Maya traders from coastal Belize and the Yucatán peninsula transported worked objects to northern Honduras in exchange for local resources. Artisans from the Ulúa River regions produced elaborately carved marble cylinder vases, which were traded as far north as central Mexico and south into Panama. The Ulúa River valley, Lake Yojoa, and Comayagua populations further developed a regional polychrome painted ceramic tradition. These “Ulua Polychromes” varied in form and decoration; however, they often incorporated visual motifs adapted from their highly prolific Maya neighbors. The Ulua Polychrome tradition flourished in central Honduras throughout the Late Classic period.
(Emily Schiller 8/12/2021)
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099
Geography
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Process/materials
jadeite (mineral): AAT: 300011121
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983
Late Classic Period: AAT: 300016986
Individuals
Subject terms
worn costume accessories: AAT: 300209274
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
pectorals (jewelry): AAT: 300211902
green (color): AAT: 300128438
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
head: AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
male: AAT: 300189559
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
earrings (jewelry): AAT: 300045998
earspools: AAT: 300209300
ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
necklaces: AAT: 300046001
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
leg ornaments (leg coverings): DMA
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
captive (prisoners of war): AAT: 300259895
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
gesture: AAT: 300056179
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
king: AAT: 300025481
rulers (people): AAT: 300025475
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
trade (function): AAT: 300061886
luxury (concept / condition): DMA
precious (concept / condition): DMA
Ulúa Valley (Honduras): DMA
Río Ulúa (river): TGN: 1131229
Ulúa (Pre-Columbian Northern Central American styles): AAT: 300017226
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1968: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase, purchased from Teochita, Inc., New York (Frances Pratt, dealer) [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter for Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated May 1, 1968, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Frances Pratt, Teochita, Inc. (dated May 6, 1968, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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