1964.43.1 Tripod metate: snake's head projecting (Copan, Honduras)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
250–800 C.E., NOT updated by KJones in TMS.

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Artist/designers

Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099

Geography
Honduras (nation): TGN: 7005554 
Copán (department): TGN: 1000577

Process/materials
basalt (basic igneous rock): AAT: 300011222 
lava (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011249
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090 
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571 
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
tripod vessels (vessels / containers by form): DMA
tripods (stands): AAT: 300164679
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
tongue (animal or human components): DMA
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398

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PROVENANCE 
From 1964: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of The Mayer Foundation [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 from John Lunsford, Associate Curator at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Frederick M. Mayer (dated July 9, 1964, 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 John Lunsford, Associate Curator at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman (dated July 9, 1964, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Notes
250–800 C.E., NOT updated by KJones in TMS.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099

Geography
Honduras (nation): TGN: 7005554 
Copán (department): TGN: 1000577

Process/materials
basalt (basic igneous rock): AAT: 300011222 
lava (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011249
stone: AAT: 300011176
incising: AAT: 300053847
carving: AAT: 300053149
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983

Individuals

Subject terms
sculpture: AAT: 300047090 
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571 
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
tripod vessels (vessels / containers by form): DMA
tripods (stands): AAT: 300164679
portable: AAT: 300256252
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
tongue (animal or human components): DMA
fertility: AAT: 300379149
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
From 1964: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of The Mayer Foundation [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 from John Lunsford, Associate Curator at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Frederick M. Mayer (dated July 9, 1964, 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 John Lunsford, Associate Curator at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman (dated July 9, 1964, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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*Arts of the Americas
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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fertility: AAT: 300379149
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
incising: AAT: 300053847
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099
drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211
Classic period (Mesoamerican periods and styles): AAT: 300016983
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
texture (artistic concept): AAT: 300400862
texture (physical attribute): AAT: 300056362
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
portable: AAT: 300256252
tongue (animal or human components): DMA
stone: AAT: 300011176
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
curves (geometric figures): AAT: 300378887
granulation: AAT: 300054021
curvilinear (shape): AAT: 300154222
tripods (stands): AAT: 300164679
tripod vessels (vessels / containers by form): DMA
surface texture: AAT: 300219406
corn (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
Honduras (nation): TGN: 7005554
Copán (deserted settlement): TGN: 7018167
basalt (basic igneous rock): AAT: 300011222
Copán (department): TGN: 1000577
lava (extrusive rock): AAT: 300011249
metates (grinding stones / culinary mills): AAT: 300209571
grinding stones (culinary mills): AAT: 300263933
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